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GCR Guide to Data & Antitrust – Competition law and data
Miranda Cole and Francesco Salis from our Brussels office are the authors of a chapter on the evolving view of data in the application of competition law.
On September 23, 2020, the Equator Principles Association released a series of guidance notes to support the implementation of the updated Equator Principles (EP4), which came into full effect on October 1, 2020.
Among other revisions, one of the key updates that appears in EP4 is the additional guidance it provides regarding stakeholder engagement with Indigenous Peoples (which is a defined term) and the concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). These changes are something that stakeholders in Designated Countries, including Canada, will want to be aware of and ready for in the context of project financing to which EP4 now applies.
While each project may require its own full assessment, this publication provides a high-level benchmarking of the requirements of IFC Performance Standard 7 against Canadian law, as it relates to engagement with Indigenous Peoples. This comparative analysis reveals that overall, there is substantial alignment between most of the key elements and goals of IFC Performance Standard 7 and Canada’s legal framework, and Canada’s legal framework includes mechanisms through which many of the same goals and outcomes of IFC Performance Standard 7 and EP4 can be achieved. The guidance notes can be found here.
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Miranda Cole and Francesco Salis from our Brussels office are the authors of a chapter on the evolving view of data in the application of competition law.
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Miranda Cole, Lara White and Christoph Ritzer from our Brussels, London and Frankfurt offices are the authors of a chapter on how the interplay between competition and privacy law is affecting online advertising.
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Unannounced inspections by competition authorities, usually called “dawn raids”, are undoubtably one of the most efficient tools for collecting evidence and enforcing competition rules. They are also an area where investigators test (and sometimes exceed) the boundaries of companies’ procedural rights.
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