Client Updates Related To Competition Law and Antitrust

Israel Competition Authority Increases Enforcement against Exclusivity Arrangements

January 10, 2021 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Gal Ben David

On December 30, 2020, the Israel Competition Authority (ICA) notified SOS, a company in the field of fueling services, it was imposing a financial sanction of NIS 6.3 million on the company. In addition, it imposed a financial sanction of NIS 350,000 on an executive officer in the company. Following a complaint an SOS competitor filed with the ICA, the ICA concluded SOS had entered into exclusivity agreements with its clients. The company also implemented a policy whereby it would not provide fueling services to a client if the client simultaneously engaged with a competing fuel service provider.

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Entities with Relatively Small Market Shares May Also Be Deemed Monopolies

August 8, 2019 / Anat Even-Chen, Ilan Blumenfeld, Moshe Minster

Six months after the amendment to the Economic Competition Law took effect, the Competition Authority published its position regarding the circumstances in which even an entity with less than a 50% market share may be deemed a "monopoly holder."

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust | Corporate

Amendment to the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law

January 8, 2019 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Anat Even-Chen

On January 1, 2019, Israel's parliament approved an amendment to the Restrictive Trade Practices Law. This amendment seeks to deepen and focus the Antitrust Authority’s efforts to prevent activities posing potential harm to competition and to the public.

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust | Regulation

Update to Block Exemptions for Joint Ventures and Restraints Ancillary to Mergers

December 20, 2018 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Anat Even-Chen

Two important block exemptions have been updated recently: the exemption for joint ventures and the exemption for restraints ancillary to mergers. The amendments transfer the examination of the intensity of the harm to competition deriving from these arrangements from the Israel Antitrust Authority to the business sector.

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust | Corporate

Amendment to Block Exemption for Non-Horizontal Arrangements with No Particular Price Restrictions Approved

August 27, 2018 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Sagi Gross

An amendment to a block exemption for non-horizontal arrangements with no particular price restrictions was recently approved. The purpose of the amendment to the block exemption is to clarify the term “competitors,” which was defined in a general and vague manner in the original block exemption.

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The Israel Antitrust Authority is Proposing Comprehensive Amendments to the Restrictive Trade Practices Law

November 14, 2017 / Ilan Blumenfeld

Recently, the Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA) published a memorandum of law entitled “Strengthening Enforcement and Reducing the Regulatory Burden.” At issue is a comprehensive amendment to the Restrictive Trade Practices Law.

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust | Regulation

Israel Antitrust Authority Published Statement regarding Vertical Price Arrangements – Resale Price Maintenance (RPM)

July 18, 2017 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Moshe Minster

Recently, the Israeli Antitrust Authority (IAA) published a final version of its statement regarding Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) arrangements. In this statement, the IAA presents its position with regard to the circumstances under which a supplier is able to dictate the resale price of its products to its distributor (either retail or wholesale) for the next link in the supply chain, without such an arrangement being considered an illegal restrictive arrangement.

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust | Regulation

Antitrust Authority Continues its Trend of Stricter Punishment

March 2, 2017 / Ilan Blumenfeld

The Israel Antitrust Authority (‘’IAA’’) has announced its intention to impose a financial sanction in the sum of NIS 25,640,000 on Bitan Wines, due to its violation of the terms of the merger between Bitan Wines and the Mega supermarket chain.

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust | Corporate

Draft Guide to Cyber Threat Information Sharing

February 14, 2017 / Ilan Blumenfeld

The Antitrust Authority published for public comments a new guidelines draft on the subject of information-sharing between competitors for the purpose of contending with cyber threats.

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust | Cyber

Foreign Companies are Immune to Private Antitrust Enforcement in Israel

February 12, 2017 / Ilan Blumenfeld

Despite the growing sensitivity to violations of the competition laws and the uptrend in the imposition of stricter penalties by the authorities in respect thereof, business managers and consumers who have fallen victims to competition-law offenses in Israel hesitant in instituting civil proceedings against offenders.

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust | Corporate

Israel Antitrust Authority Publishes Draft Statement regarding Vertical Price Arrangements – Resale Price Maintenance (RPM)

January 16, 2017 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Moshe Minster

A few days ago, the Israeli Antitrust Authority published a draft statement presenting its position with regard to the circumstances under which a supplier will be able to dictate the resale price of its products to its distributor for the next link in the supply chain (Resale Price Maintenance arrangements – RPM), without such an arrangement being considered an illegal restrictive arrangement.

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Restrictive Arrangement in an Agreement May Possibly Lead to Nullification of the Entire Agreement

December 13, 2016 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Daniel Kleinman

District Court rules that an unlawful restrictive provision can lead to cancellation of a 40 years agreement.

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Bond Terms – Negative Pledge Relating to Floating Charges

September 28, 2016 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Moshe Minster

A customary practice in the credit market makes the provision of financing for a corporation contingent upon the creation of a floating charge on all of its assets in favor of the financier. In most instances, the bond terms relating to the lien also include a ”negative pledge” – a restrictive stipulation that prohibits a corporation from creating additional liens without receiving the financier’s prior written approval.

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Antitrust – New Amendments to Nine Block Exemptions

June 19, 2016 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Anat Even-Chen

The Antitrust Commissioner intends to renew the validity and to amend nine block exemptions.

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Antitrust Update

March 10, 2016 / Ilan Blumenfeld, Moshe Minster

Recently the Israeli Antitrust Authority has stepped up its enforcement measures, and the local Courts began imposing stricter penalties on violations of the Antitrust Law.

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Categories: Competition Law and Antitrust

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