Luxembourg Competition Council undertaking sector inquiry into distribution networks in the retail market
Following complaints by the Luxembourg retail sector and the attention by the European Commission on possible restrictions on the internal market in the retail sector, the Luxembourg Competition Council opened in an inquiry into the distribution networks in the retail market of Luxembourg at the end of 2014. The Competition Council will more particularly assess whether the obligation for Luxembourg retailers to source most fast moving consumer goods from Belgian wholesalers and suppliers is legal from a competition law perspective. The inquiry results, which are expected by the end of 2015, may lead to ex officio actions against any anticompetitive behaviour of suppliers that would be identified.
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