Region: Italy

Italy’s Competition Authority has opened its second-ever in-depth investigation into a below-threshold deal, probing an acquisition from one of the country’s biggest cement companies.

03 April 2024

The Italian Competition Authority is probing whether Booking.com’s hotel partner program and discounted room rates has allowed it to abuse its dominance in the market for hotel booking services.

22 March 2024

Overlaps in fixed-line markets are unlikely to prevent Swisscom from securing merger approval for its €8 billion acquisition of Vodafone’s Italian subsidiary, according to industry experts.

15 March 2024

The Italian government has forced an Irish buyer of a domestic asset manager to agree to a raft of disclosure and data protection remedies to win approval for the deal under the country’s foreign investment screening regime.

13 March 2024

Cohesion and complicity among antitrust enforcers is key to maintaining the respect they’ve earned and preserving their independence, according to Mario Monti, a former EU competition commissioner and prime minister of Italy.

07 March 2024

Italy’s Competition Authority has opened its first-ever in-depth investigation into a below-threshold merger, warning that a shipping company’s purchase of a port terminal could harm competition in the roll-on, roll-off freight services market. 

06 March 2024

The Italian government is unlikely to interfere in the European Commission's review of Lufthansa/ITA Airways ahead of an expected statement of objections, despite the prime minister previously slamming the agency’s handling of the merger. 

21 February 2024

Netherlands-based energy company Vitol will reportedly have to offer remedies addressing employment and supply concerns if it is to win foreign investment clearance for its €1.7 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in a major Italian refinery.

21 February 2024

Poste Italiane is under investigation in Italy for allegedly favouring its retail energy services over rivals, as the national competition authority seeks to force the company to grant competitors equal access to its network.

12 February 2024

Lufthansa's planned purchase of a minority stake in ITA Airways could reduce competition on short-haul and long-haul routes out of Italy, the European Commission has said while launching an in-depth probe.

23 January 2024