Clifford Chance
Italian Competition Newsletter - 4/2024
31 January 2025
In this issue, dedicated to the ICA's decisions for the month of December 2024:
- Abuse of dominant position: the ICA accepted the set of commitments presented by Booking.com in the proceedings for abuse of dominant position in the online hotel booking and intermediary services market.
- Concentrations: the ICA has approved the merger between Vodafone and Swisscom, subject to commitments.
- Concentrations: the ICA authorised the sale of certain business units from Unicoop to PAC (Conad) with corrective measures.
- Unfair Commercial Practices: the ICA fines Poste Italiane for misleading advertising in postal savings.
In this issue, dedicated to the Administrative Judiciary's rulings in antitrust and consumer protection matters for the month of December 2024:
- The Council of State Upholds the ICA's decision to fine Apple for lack of transparency in data collection for commercial purposes.
- The Council of State overturns the ICA's decision to fine Sicily By Car, Goldcar Italy, B-Rent, Europcar Italia, and Locauto Rent for Unfair Clauses.
- The Administrative Court of Lazio (TAR) rejects the appeal against the ICA's decision to fine Samsung, Opia, and WB for unfair commercial practices regarding the "Samsung – Change with Galaxy" promotion.
- The Regional Administrative Court of Lazio (TAR) upholds the fine imposed on Google for failing to comply with the obligation to publish the ICA's decision on unfair clauses in its terms of service.
