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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. What happened? On 9 February 2021, the Chamber of Deputies voted a law that implements Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of 14 November 2018 into Luxembourg law. Within the framework of the Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe, that Directive, entered into force on 18 December 2018, amended Directive 2010/13/EU on the provision of audiovisual media services (the " Audiovisual Media Services Directive")1 If, as very often, the Council of State agrees with the exemption from the second vote, the ...

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, €325 million of public support to connect 12,000 schools in Italy to very high-speed internet. The schools that will benefit from the measure are located in areas with insufficient connectivity in Italy, in line with the EU broadband connectivity objectives. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “ This €325 million Italian scheme will ensure that 12,000 schools will be connected to very high-speed inte...

on January 21, 2021 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, €325 million of public support to connect 12,000 schools in Italy to very high-speed internet. The schools that will benefit from the measure are located in areas with insufficient connectivity in Italy, in line with the EU broadband connectivity objectives. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “ This €325 million Italian scheme will ensure that 12,000 schools will be connected to very high-speed internet. The measure will help students and educators also i...

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The European Union has just unveiled draft legislation that intends to tame so-called “gatekeeper” firms (commonly referred to as Big Tech). If passed into law, this Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) would fundamentally alter the way these platforms conduct business in Europe. But European Commission officials have been so preoccupied with  how to regulate Big Tech that they never stopped to consider whether they  should. Indeed, these new rules could have unintended consequences that hamper digital markets in the EU. Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager has been clear about he...