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Italy: Italian Parliament approves Annual Competition Law including Unilateral conduct measures

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Italian Parliament approves Annual Competition Law including Unilateral conduct measures

On 5 August 2022, the Italian parliament approved the new Italian annual law for competition. The law suggests a presumption of economic dependence when a company has a commercial relationship with a digital platform that offers intermediation servi…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2021-03-23
under deliberation

A reform proposal for the 2021 Annual Law for Competition was announced by the Italian Competition …

2021-11-04
under deliberation

The Annual Competition Law 2021 is approved by the Italian Council of Ministers on 4 November 2021 …

2022-08-05
adopted

On 5 August 2022, the Italian parliament approved the new Italian annual law for competition. The l…

2022-10-31
in force

On 31 October 2022, the provision on unilateral conduct in the amended Italian Competition law is i…