New EU cooperation guidance must be clearer on 'collective benefits,’ Unilever lawyer says
By Andrew Boyce ( May 30, 2022, 16:51 GMT | Insight) -- EU businesses wanting to work together to reduce their environmental impact need more clarity how competition enforcers would view plans that bring “collective benefits” to society, a senior Unilever lawyer urged today. Commenting on a draft update to the EU's cooperation guidelines, Dirk Middelschulte also queried the issues of benefits that would materialize outside the EU and the level of consumer compensation for any loss of competition.EU businesses wanting to work together to reduce their environmental impact need more clarity how competition enforcers would view plans that bring “collective benefits” to society, a senior Unilever lawyer urged today....
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