Notes about theory and practice of Competition Law
15/09/16
This year, for the first time, the Observatory on Bioethics and Law at the University of Barcelona offers a Masters course on Food Ethics and Law (MAED, by the Spanish […]
22/07/16
Are roadworthiness tests (known as ITV in Spain) a service within the realm of “transport” and, therefore, beyond the scope of application of the Services Directive? This was the question […]
04/07/16
Entertaining as ever, three posts on the blog of the Spanish competition authority (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, CNMC) blog have recently explained what inspections, better known […]
13/06/16
The Jean Monnet Chair of the Faculty of Law of Barcelona University (UB) has launched for next year a new diploma in Private European Law (see folder) with the support […]
02/06/16
In March we wrote a first post about the hot topic of the sharing economy; now, it’s time to revisit it. Today, the European Commission published (i) its Communication on […]
25/05/16
Recently Barcelona hosted the 40th edition of Alimentaria, one of the most important trade fairs in the food sector worldwide. This year’s mottos were innovation and internationalisation of the sector. […]
11/05/16
Let’s start with some trendy notions: Geo-blocking: users’ location determines accessibility or redirection to a particular website. Geo-filtering (a subcategory of geo-blocking): users’ location determines different pricing or other […]
21/04/16
On 6 March 2016 the European Commission announced a fine of 5.2 million euros on a supplier of fresh and canned vegetables from Spain’s La Rioja region, Riberebro, for running […]