The “EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation” and Swiss-EU relations
The EU is in the process of setting additional limits to subsidy competition by non-EU states. With the new Foreign Subsidies Regulation, the EU is creating the conditions to take action against subsidies that are granted by non-EU countries to internationally active companies and that are likely to unfairly improve the competitive position of the […]
State supported bank rescue without state aid control – the UBS/Credit Suisse case
On Sunday, 19 March 2023, the Swiss government (the Federal Council) decided to support the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS. One can only wonder how things would have turned out if there had been a state aid regime in place in Switzerland. Switzerland has no binding, cross-sector state aid control system. A review of state […]
Swiss Competition Commission reviews guidance on vertical restraints
The Swiss Competition Commission is consulting stakeholders on its revised Communication concerning the Competitive Assessment of Vertical Agreements (“the Swiss Vertical Communication”) and the accompanying Explanatory Note. The review of the Communication and the Explanatory Note was triggered by the European Commission’s review of the EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and the Vertical Guidelines. As […]
