01 April 2020
Increased leeway for horizontal and vertical co-operation in the EU
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/increased-leeway-for-horizontal-and-vertical-cooperation

Existing competition rules are broad enough to also cater for extraordinary times such as the COVID-19 crisis. The EU as well as the network of European competition authorities are now explicitly acknowledging that ...

09 December 2019
Danish Competition and Consumer Authority publishes first decision and injunction on discriminatory access to accounts maintained by a credit institution
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/danish-competition-and-consumer-authority-publishes-first-decision-and-injunction

On 4 December 2019, the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (DCCA) published their first decision and injunction on discriminatory access to accounts maintained by a credit institution under Article 63(1) of the ...

04 September 2019
Danish FSA grants an additional 18 months to issuers and acquirers in Denmark to comply with the PSD2 SCA requirements - but only for online card payments
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/danish-fsa-grants-an-additional-18-months-to-issuers-and-acquirers-in-denmark

Pursuant to PSD2, as implemented by the Danish Payments Act, issuers and acquirers need to ensure that the card issuer performs a Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) of the cardholder when it is initiating a payment, ...

09 September 2019
Online Card Payments temporarily exempt from Strong Customer Authentication in Finland
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/online-card-payments-temporarily-exempt-from-strong-customer-authentication-in-finland

Pursuant to PSD2, as implemented into Finnish law, payment service providers needs to perform SCA when the user accesses its payment account online, when the payer is initiating a payment, or when the user carries out ...

13 October 2020
The issues to be tackled by the new VBER in relation to selective distribution
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-issues-to-be-tackled-by-the-new-vber-in-relation-to-selective-distribution

Selective distribution systems are exempted from the application of Article 101(1) of the TFEU if certain conditions laid down in the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation ("VBER") are met. During the process of reforming ...

25 April 2018
New EU Geo-Blocking Regulation: what businesses selling into the EU and across Member State borders need to do to comply
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/new-eu-geoblocking-regulation-what-businesses-selling-into-the-eu-need-to-do-to-comply

A new EU Geo-blocking Regulation will apply from 3 December 2018 and will affect many businesses that sell their goods and services into EU countries and across the borders of the Member States. We highlight the main ...