Alfonso Rincón and Borja Chastang have just published a post in Kluwer Competition Law Blog in which they analyse the Spanish Competition Authority decision C/1586/25 Formigons.Cat
The authors analyse the clearance decision issued by the Spanish Competition Authority in phase 1, subject to commitments, in C/1586/25 Formigons.Cat. concerning the creation of a joint venture.
For the first time in a merger control case, the Spanish Competition Authority has accepted the implementation of a competition law compliance programme as a commitment to mitigate identified competition concerns. This decision, along with the public consultation launched last December to update the Antitrust Compliance Programmes Guidelines, underscores the growing relevance the Spanish Competition Authority attributes to competition law compliance programmes.
