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    Is less really more?

    • 15 May 2013

    Governments across Europe are, in the name of efficiency, consolidating competition authorities. In some cases, separate bodies responsible for different aspects of competition law enforcement merge. This is the case in France (since 2008) and Luxembourg (since 2012) and is about to happen in the UK.

    Competition authorities have merged with consumer authorities in Italy (2007), Denmark (2010), Malta (2011) and Finland (2013). Ireland is set to follow suit. The mergers in Estonia (2008) and Spain (2013) involved sector specific regulators.

    Source: Competition Law Insight, 14 May 2013

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    Sarah Beeston

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    Sarah Beeston heads the Van Doorne European & Competition Law team. Sarah's areas of expertise include all aspects of competition law. She divides her time between advisory work, helping clients to achieve their commercial goals within the limits defined by the rules on competition, and procedural work, representing clients’ interests before competition authorities and in court.

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