Competition and Antitrust

Fixing the WhatsApp gap?

Author: Dieter Hauck

This update addresses the following key points:

  • The Cartel Act Amendment Law 2017 implemented the EU Cartel Damages Directive (2014/104).
  • The law contains a new consideration threshold – as compared to the turnover thresholds also in place – of €200 million, combined with a test that the target must perform a "significant amount of activities in Austria".
  • This may cause more mergers to be caught by the Austrian merger control system and creates some ambiguity.

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