Competition Law 2024, Malta

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The year 2024, in Malta, has seen the first (ever) merger control prohibition decision, a number of ongoing antitrust investigations, and the overturning of a ‘margin squeeze’ judgement by the Competition and Consumer Affairs Appeals Tribunal (an appeals body that has since been abolished) (“Competition Appeals Tribunal”) dating back to 2014. In September 2024 the…

Malta, Market definition, Merger control

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Malta’s Office for Competition (“the Office”) has issued a press release, noting that on the 18 September 2024, it issued a decision prohibiting the acquisition by Lidl Immobiliare Malta Limited (“Lidl”) of property owned by Said Investments Limited and leases belonging to another major supermarket chain on the island (“Scott’s”) bringing a tentative end to…