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<\/h1>\n<\/h2>\nANTITRUST & COMPETITION<\/h2>\niFood signs settlement agreement with CADE in exclusivity clause probe<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn February, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (\u201cCADE\u2019s Tribunal\u201d) approved a settlement agreement in a probe concerning iFood\u2019s alleged abuse of dominance, closing the investigation. The online delivery app platform was being accused of imposing exclusive relationships with restaurants and raising barriers to entry.<\/p>\n
Among the terms of the settlement agreement is (i) at national level, a prohibition on iFood signing exclusive agreements with restaurant chains that have 30 stores or more in Brazil, (ii) at a national level, a requirement that iFood\u2019s turnover linked to exclusive relationships represent at the most 25% of its gross merchandise value, (iii) at a local level, considering cities city with more than 500 thousand inhabitants, a requirement that iFood has exclusive agreements with only 8 percent of the total number of restaurants active on its platform.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE raises concerns on digital platforms that connect competitors<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn 2022, a group of automobile companies proposed the creation of a global joint venture to create a free access digital platform that would enable the companies to exchange information about products and processes related to the automobile industry.<\/p>\n
In Dec. 2022, CADE\u2019s Tribunal decided to conditionally approve the transaction, provided that the companies, which want to participate in the JV, agreed on complying with a package of remedies imposed by the agency that were mainly related to limiting the exchange of sensitive information between competitors, as well as creating means of monitoring potential anticompetitive practices. However, the parties withdrew the transaction, arguing that CADE\u2019s remedies would make it impossible for the platform to operate. After that, the automobile companies publicized the creation of Cofinity-X, a new JV, with an object similar to Catena-X, but excluding Brazil from its scope.<\/p>\n
In Feb. 2023, following such change, CADE’s Tribunal blocked the initial plan for the creation of the JV and recommended the opening of an investigation on whether the companies practiced gun-jumping and\/or engaged in other anticompetitive practices. Since then CADE\u00b4s investigation unit has been sending questionnaires to the companies related to those concerns.<\/p>\n
In another ongoing case, regarding a global JV between Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, ADM International and SustainIt Pte that creates a digital platform to exchange sustainability-measurement data on the food and agriculture supply chain, CADE has been making inquiries to the parties to address similar concerns on exchange of information between competitors.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE\u2019s Tribunal closes car-thermal systems cartel probe and provides directives on burden of proof in cartel cases<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Mar. 2023, CADE\u2019s Tribunal closed a procedure on the alleged car-thermal systems cartel due to lack of evidence.<\/p>\n
In this context, CADE\u00b4s president, Alexandre Cordeiro, followed by the majority of CADE\u2019s Tribunal, found that, despite the fact that leniency agreements and settlement agreements constitute an important source of information of the existence, participation, and duration of cartels, \u201cthe reports derived from such agreements requires documents that support them, not being, by itself, a condemnatory sentence, under the penalty of leading to condemnations without adequate and sufficient evidence<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
CADE fines several IT companies and individuals in a hub and spoke cartel into digital whiteboards<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Apr., CADE\u2019s Tribunal fined 18 IT companies and 20 individuals for a hub and spoke cartel involving acquisition of interactive whiteboards and smart board projectors.<\/p>\n
According to Reporting Commissioner Luiz Hoffman, the interaction resulted in a hub and spoke cartel, given that the supplier of the products acted as facilitator of collusion between the dealers. Indeed, the investigation started after a complaint filed by a dealer arguing that it was forced by the supplier to give up its participation in a public bid to favor another dealer. The Tribunal found that the supplier was organizing an arrangement among dealers with the objective of frustrating both public and private bids. The imposed fines amount to BRL 7.9 million.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE conditionally clears Nestl\u00e9-Garoto 2002 merger <\/strong><\/h3>\nThe approval of the merger between chocolate manufacturers Nestl\u00e9 and Garoto, originally submitted for CADE\u2019s approval in 2002 under the authority\u2019s former post-merger notification system, ends a long-standing court dispute against CADE\u2019s decision to reject the parties\u2019 remedy proposal and to block the deal in 2004. CADE\u2019s reanalysis follows a court decision.<\/p>\n
The approval is conditioned to the parties\u2019 compliance with behavioral remedies set forth in a merger control agreement. Among other commitments, Nestl\u00e9 agreed to inform CADE about all its acquisitions in the chocolate business for the next seven years, regardless of whether they meet CADE\u2019s thresholds; to not intervene in third parties\u2019 claim to reduce, suspend or eliminate chocolate import taxation; and to abstain itself from acquiring any assets that represent 5% or more of the chocolate market in Brazil.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
INTERNATIONAL TRADE<\/h2>\nPublic interest assessment becomes optional in original trade defense investigations<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs of March 15th, public interest assessment became optional in original dumping and subsidy investigations. With the change, the public interest assessment proceeding may be requested by an interested party, who must file for opening the investigation based on the Public Interest Questionnaire or started ex officio<\/em> at the Brazilian Department of Trade Defense (\u201cDECOM\u201d) discretion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Extension of Antidumping Duties<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn the last months, the Executive Committee of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (\u201cGECEX\u201d) extended, for up to five years, the antidumping duties applied to the following products and origins:<\/p>\n
\n- N-butanol from South Africa and Russia (NCM 2905.13);<\/li>\n
- Knitted fabric from China (NCM 6004.10.41, NCM 6004.10.42, NCM 6004.10.43, NCM 6004.10.44, NCM 6004.90.40, NCM 6006.41.00, NCM 6006.42.00, NCM 6006.43.00 and NCM 6006.44.00);<\/li>\n
- Automotive glasses from China (NCM 7007.11.00, NCM 7007.19.00, NCM 7007.21.00, NCM 7007.29.000, NCM 8708.29.99 and NCM 8708.22.00);<\/li>\n
- Frozen potato from Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands (NCM 2004.10.00); and<\/li>\n
- Agricultural tires from China (NCM 4011.70.10, NCM 4011.70.90, NCM 4011.80.90, NCM 4011.90.90 and NCM 4011.90.10).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Empty Hard Gelatin Capsules from Mexico and USA<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn May, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties, for up to five years, to the imports of empty hard gelatin capsules (commonly classified under the NCM code 9602.00.10) originated from Mexico and USA. The duties range from US$ 0,12 up to US$ 2,13 for 1000 capsules.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Butyl Acrylate from Russia<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn March, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties for up to five years to the imports of butyl acrylate (commonly classified under the NCM code 2916.12.30) originated from Russia. The duties range from US$ 189,92\/ton to US$ 638,95\/ton.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Denise Junqueira
\n<\/strong>djunqueira@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nGuilherme Bertolini
\n<\/strong>gbertolini@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nMa\u00edra Rodrigues
\n<\/strong>mrodrigues@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nFelipe Eleut\u00e9rio<\/strong>
\nfeleuterio@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nJulia De Luca Carvalho<\/strong>
\njdeluca@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ANTITRUST & COMPETITION iFood signs settlement agreement with CADE in exclusivity clause probe In February, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (\u201cCADE\u2019s Tribunal\u201d) approved a settlement agreement in a probe concerning iFood\u2019s alleged abuse of dominance, closing the investigation. The online delivery app platform was being accused of imposing exclusive relationships with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-concorrencial.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazilian-competition-case-law","category-concorrencial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5062"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6198,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions\/6198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
iFood signs settlement agreement with CADE in exclusivity clause probe<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn February, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (\u201cCADE\u2019s Tribunal\u201d) approved a settlement agreement in a probe concerning iFood\u2019s alleged abuse of dominance, closing the investigation. The online delivery app platform was being accused of imposing exclusive relationships with restaurants and raising barriers to entry.<\/p>\n
Among the terms of the settlement agreement is (i) at national level, a prohibition on iFood signing exclusive agreements with restaurant chains that have 30 stores or more in Brazil, (ii) at a national level, a requirement that iFood\u2019s turnover linked to exclusive relationships represent at the most 25% of its gross merchandise value, (iii) at a local level, considering cities city with more than 500 thousand inhabitants, a requirement that iFood has exclusive agreements with only 8 percent of the total number of restaurants active on its platform.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE raises concerns on digital platforms that connect competitors<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn 2022, a group of automobile companies proposed the creation of a global joint venture to create a free access digital platform that would enable the companies to exchange information about products and processes related to the automobile industry.<\/p>\n
In Dec. 2022, CADE\u2019s Tribunal decided to conditionally approve the transaction, provided that the companies, which want to participate in the JV, agreed on complying with a package of remedies imposed by the agency that were mainly related to limiting the exchange of sensitive information between competitors, as well as creating means of monitoring potential anticompetitive practices. However, the parties withdrew the transaction, arguing that CADE\u2019s remedies would make it impossible for the platform to operate. After that, the automobile companies publicized the creation of Cofinity-X, a new JV, with an object similar to Catena-X, but excluding Brazil from its scope.<\/p>\n
In Feb. 2023, following such change, CADE’s Tribunal blocked the initial plan for the creation of the JV and recommended the opening of an investigation on whether the companies practiced gun-jumping and\/or engaged in other anticompetitive practices. Since then CADE\u00b4s investigation unit has been sending questionnaires to the companies related to those concerns.<\/p>\n
In another ongoing case, regarding a global JV between Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, ADM International and SustainIt Pte that creates a digital platform to exchange sustainability-measurement data on the food and agriculture supply chain, CADE has been making inquiries to the parties to address similar concerns on exchange of information between competitors.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE\u2019s Tribunal closes car-thermal systems cartel probe and provides directives on burden of proof in cartel cases<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Mar. 2023, CADE\u2019s Tribunal closed a procedure on the alleged car-thermal systems cartel due to lack of evidence.<\/p>\n
In this context, CADE\u00b4s president, Alexandre Cordeiro, followed by the majority of CADE\u2019s Tribunal, found that, despite the fact that leniency agreements and settlement agreements constitute an important source of information of the existence, participation, and duration of cartels, \u201cthe reports derived from such agreements requires documents that support them, not being, by itself, a condemnatory sentence, under the penalty of leading to condemnations without adequate and sufficient evidence<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
CADE fines several IT companies and individuals in a hub and spoke cartel into digital whiteboards<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Apr., CADE\u2019s Tribunal fined 18 IT companies and 20 individuals for a hub and spoke cartel involving acquisition of interactive whiteboards and smart board projectors.<\/p>\n
According to Reporting Commissioner Luiz Hoffman, the interaction resulted in a hub and spoke cartel, given that the supplier of the products acted as facilitator of collusion between the dealers. Indeed, the investigation started after a complaint filed by a dealer arguing that it was forced by the supplier to give up its participation in a public bid to favor another dealer. The Tribunal found that the supplier was organizing an arrangement among dealers with the objective of frustrating both public and private bids. The imposed fines amount to BRL 7.9 million.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE conditionally clears Nestl\u00e9-Garoto 2002 merger <\/strong><\/h3>\nThe approval of the merger between chocolate manufacturers Nestl\u00e9 and Garoto, originally submitted for CADE\u2019s approval in 2002 under the authority\u2019s former post-merger notification system, ends a long-standing court dispute against CADE\u2019s decision to reject the parties\u2019 remedy proposal and to block the deal in 2004. CADE\u2019s reanalysis follows a court decision.<\/p>\n
The approval is conditioned to the parties\u2019 compliance with behavioral remedies set forth in a merger control agreement. Among other commitments, Nestl\u00e9 agreed to inform CADE about all its acquisitions in the chocolate business for the next seven years, regardless of whether they meet CADE\u2019s thresholds; to not intervene in third parties\u2019 claim to reduce, suspend or eliminate chocolate import taxation; and to abstain itself from acquiring any assets that represent 5% or more of the chocolate market in Brazil.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
INTERNATIONAL TRADE<\/h2>\nPublic interest assessment becomes optional in original trade defense investigations<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs of March 15th, public interest assessment became optional in original dumping and subsidy investigations. With the change, the public interest assessment proceeding may be requested by an interested party, who must file for opening the investigation based on the Public Interest Questionnaire or started ex officio<\/em> at the Brazilian Department of Trade Defense (\u201cDECOM\u201d) discretion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Extension of Antidumping Duties<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn the last months, the Executive Committee of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (\u201cGECEX\u201d) extended, for up to five years, the antidumping duties applied to the following products and origins:<\/p>\n
\n- N-butanol from South Africa and Russia (NCM 2905.13);<\/li>\n
- Knitted fabric from China (NCM 6004.10.41, NCM 6004.10.42, NCM 6004.10.43, NCM 6004.10.44, NCM 6004.90.40, NCM 6006.41.00, NCM 6006.42.00, NCM 6006.43.00 and NCM 6006.44.00);<\/li>\n
- Automotive glasses from China (NCM 7007.11.00, NCM 7007.19.00, NCM 7007.21.00, NCM 7007.29.000, NCM 8708.29.99 and NCM 8708.22.00);<\/li>\n
- Frozen potato from Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands (NCM 2004.10.00); and<\/li>\n
- Agricultural tires from China (NCM 4011.70.10, NCM 4011.70.90, NCM 4011.80.90, NCM 4011.90.90 and NCM 4011.90.10).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Empty Hard Gelatin Capsules from Mexico and USA<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn May, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties, for up to five years, to the imports of empty hard gelatin capsules (commonly classified under the NCM code 9602.00.10) originated from Mexico and USA. The duties range from US$ 0,12 up to US$ 2,13 for 1000 capsules.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Butyl Acrylate from Russia<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn March, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties for up to five years to the imports of butyl acrylate (commonly classified under the NCM code 2916.12.30) originated from Russia. The duties range from US$ 189,92\/ton to US$ 638,95\/ton.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Denise Junqueira
\n<\/strong>djunqueira@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nGuilherme Bertolini
\n<\/strong>gbertolini@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nMa\u00edra Rodrigues
\n<\/strong>mrodrigues@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nFelipe Eleut\u00e9rio<\/strong>
\nfeleuterio@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nJulia De Luca Carvalho<\/strong>
\njdeluca@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ANTITRUST & COMPETITION iFood signs settlement agreement with CADE in exclusivity clause probe In February, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (\u201cCADE\u2019s Tribunal\u201d) approved a settlement agreement in a probe concerning iFood\u2019s alleged abuse of dominance, closing the investigation. The online delivery app platform was being accused of imposing exclusive relationships with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-concorrencial.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazilian-competition-case-law","category-concorrencial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5062"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6198,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions\/6198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In 2022, a group of automobile companies proposed the creation of a global joint venture to create a free access digital platform that would enable the companies to exchange information about products and processes related to the automobile industry.<\/p>\n
In Dec. 2022, CADE\u2019s Tribunal decided to conditionally approve the transaction, provided that the companies, which want to participate in the JV, agreed on complying with a package of remedies imposed by the agency that were mainly related to limiting the exchange of sensitive information between competitors, as well as creating means of monitoring potential anticompetitive practices. However, the parties withdrew the transaction, arguing that CADE\u2019s remedies would make it impossible for the platform to operate. After that, the automobile companies publicized the creation of Cofinity-X, a new JV, with an object similar to Catena-X, but excluding Brazil from its scope.<\/p>\n
In Feb. 2023, following such change, CADE’s Tribunal blocked the initial plan for the creation of the JV and recommended the opening of an investigation on whether the companies practiced gun-jumping and\/or engaged in other anticompetitive practices. Since then CADE\u00b4s investigation unit has been sending questionnaires to the companies related to those concerns.<\/p>\n
In another ongoing case, regarding a global JV between Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, ADM International and SustainIt Pte that creates a digital platform to exchange sustainability-measurement data on the food and agriculture supply chain, CADE has been making inquiries to the parties to address similar concerns on exchange of information between competitors.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE\u2019s Tribunal closes car-thermal systems cartel probe and provides directives on burden of proof in cartel cases<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Mar. 2023, CADE\u2019s Tribunal closed a procedure on the alleged car-thermal systems cartel due to lack of evidence.<\/p>\n
In this context, CADE\u00b4s president, Alexandre Cordeiro, followed by the majority of CADE\u2019s Tribunal, found that, despite the fact that leniency agreements and settlement agreements constitute an important source of information of the existence, participation, and duration of cartels, \u201cthe reports derived from such agreements requires documents that support them, not being, by itself, a condemnatory sentence, under the penalty of leading to condemnations without adequate and sufficient evidence<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
CADE fines several IT companies and individuals in a hub and spoke cartel into digital whiteboards<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Apr., CADE\u2019s Tribunal fined 18 IT companies and 20 individuals for a hub and spoke cartel involving acquisition of interactive whiteboards and smart board projectors.<\/p>\n
According to Reporting Commissioner Luiz Hoffman, the interaction resulted in a hub and spoke cartel, given that the supplier of the products acted as facilitator of collusion between the dealers. Indeed, the investigation started after a complaint filed by a dealer arguing that it was forced by the supplier to give up its participation in a public bid to favor another dealer. The Tribunal found that the supplier was organizing an arrangement among dealers with the objective of frustrating both public and private bids. The imposed fines amount to BRL 7.9 million.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE conditionally clears Nestl\u00e9-Garoto 2002 merger <\/strong><\/h3>\nThe approval of the merger between chocolate manufacturers Nestl\u00e9 and Garoto, originally submitted for CADE\u2019s approval in 2002 under the authority\u2019s former post-merger notification system, ends a long-standing court dispute against CADE\u2019s decision to reject the parties\u2019 remedy proposal and to block the deal in 2004. CADE\u2019s reanalysis follows a court decision.<\/p>\n
The approval is conditioned to the parties\u2019 compliance with behavioral remedies set forth in a merger control agreement. Among other commitments, Nestl\u00e9 agreed to inform CADE about all its acquisitions in the chocolate business for the next seven years, regardless of whether they meet CADE\u2019s thresholds; to not intervene in third parties\u2019 claim to reduce, suspend or eliminate chocolate import taxation; and to abstain itself from acquiring any assets that represent 5% or more of the chocolate market in Brazil.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
INTERNATIONAL TRADE<\/h2>\nPublic interest assessment becomes optional in original trade defense investigations<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs of March 15th, public interest assessment became optional in original dumping and subsidy investigations. With the change, the public interest assessment proceeding may be requested by an interested party, who must file for opening the investigation based on the Public Interest Questionnaire or started ex officio<\/em> at the Brazilian Department of Trade Defense (\u201cDECOM\u201d) discretion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Extension of Antidumping Duties<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn the last months, the Executive Committee of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (\u201cGECEX\u201d) extended, for up to five years, the antidumping duties applied to the following products and origins:<\/p>\n
\n- N-butanol from South Africa and Russia (NCM 2905.13);<\/li>\n
- Knitted fabric from China (NCM 6004.10.41, NCM 6004.10.42, NCM 6004.10.43, NCM 6004.10.44, NCM 6004.90.40, NCM 6006.41.00, NCM 6006.42.00, NCM 6006.43.00 and NCM 6006.44.00);<\/li>\n
- Automotive glasses from China (NCM 7007.11.00, NCM 7007.19.00, NCM 7007.21.00, NCM 7007.29.000, NCM 8708.29.99 and NCM 8708.22.00);<\/li>\n
- Frozen potato from Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands (NCM 2004.10.00); and<\/li>\n
- Agricultural tires from China (NCM 4011.70.10, NCM 4011.70.90, NCM 4011.80.90, NCM 4011.90.90 and NCM 4011.90.10).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Empty Hard Gelatin Capsules from Mexico and USA<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn May, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties, for up to five years, to the imports of empty hard gelatin capsules (commonly classified under the NCM code 9602.00.10) originated from Mexico and USA. The duties range from US$ 0,12 up to US$ 2,13 for 1000 capsules.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Butyl Acrylate from Russia<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn March, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties for up to five years to the imports of butyl acrylate (commonly classified under the NCM code 2916.12.30) originated from Russia. The duties range from US$ 189,92\/ton to US$ 638,95\/ton.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Denise Junqueira
\n<\/strong>djunqueira@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nGuilherme Bertolini
\n<\/strong>gbertolini@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nMa\u00edra Rodrigues
\n<\/strong>mrodrigues@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nFelipe Eleut\u00e9rio<\/strong>
\nfeleuterio@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nJulia De Luca Carvalho<\/strong>
\njdeluca@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ANTITRUST & COMPETITION iFood signs settlement agreement with CADE in exclusivity clause probe In February, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (\u201cCADE\u2019s Tribunal\u201d) approved a settlement agreement in a probe concerning iFood\u2019s alleged abuse of dominance, closing the investigation. The online delivery app platform was being accused of imposing exclusive relationships with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-concorrencial.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazilian-competition-case-law","category-concorrencial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5062"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6198,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions\/6198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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CADE fines several IT companies and individuals in a hub and spoke cartel into digital whiteboards<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Apr., CADE\u2019s Tribunal fined 18 IT companies and 20 individuals for a hub and spoke cartel involving acquisition of interactive whiteboards and smart board projectors.<\/p>\n
According to Reporting Commissioner Luiz Hoffman, the interaction resulted in a hub and spoke cartel, given that the supplier of the products acted as facilitator of collusion between the dealers. Indeed, the investigation started after a complaint filed by a dealer arguing that it was forced by the supplier to give up its participation in a public bid to favor another dealer. The Tribunal found that the supplier was organizing an arrangement among dealers with the objective of frustrating both public and private bids. The imposed fines amount to BRL 7.9 million.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
CADE conditionally clears Nestl\u00e9-Garoto 2002 merger <\/strong><\/h3>\nThe approval of the merger between chocolate manufacturers Nestl\u00e9 and Garoto, originally submitted for CADE\u2019s approval in 2002 under the authority\u2019s former post-merger notification system, ends a long-standing court dispute against CADE\u2019s decision to reject the parties\u2019 remedy proposal and to block the deal in 2004. CADE\u2019s reanalysis follows a court decision.<\/p>\n
The approval is conditioned to the parties\u2019 compliance with behavioral remedies set forth in a merger control agreement. Among other commitments, Nestl\u00e9 agreed to inform CADE about all its acquisitions in the chocolate business for the next seven years, regardless of whether they meet CADE\u2019s thresholds; to not intervene in third parties\u2019 claim to reduce, suspend or eliminate chocolate import taxation; and to abstain itself from acquiring any assets that represent 5% or more of the chocolate market in Brazil.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
INTERNATIONAL TRADE<\/h2>\nPublic interest assessment becomes optional in original trade defense investigations<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs of March 15th, public interest assessment became optional in original dumping and subsidy investigations. With the change, the public interest assessment proceeding may be requested by an interested party, who must file for opening the investigation based on the Public Interest Questionnaire or started ex officio<\/em> at the Brazilian Department of Trade Defense (\u201cDECOM\u201d) discretion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Extension of Antidumping Duties<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn the last months, the Executive Committee of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (\u201cGECEX\u201d) extended, for up to five years, the antidumping duties applied to the following products and origins:<\/p>\n
\n- N-butanol from South Africa and Russia (NCM 2905.13);<\/li>\n
- Knitted fabric from China (NCM 6004.10.41, NCM 6004.10.42, NCM 6004.10.43, NCM 6004.10.44, NCM 6004.90.40, NCM 6006.41.00, NCM 6006.42.00, NCM 6006.43.00 and NCM 6006.44.00);<\/li>\n
- Automotive glasses from China (NCM 7007.11.00, NCM 7007.19.00, NCM 7007.21.00, NCM 7007.29.000, NCM 8708.29.99 and NCM 8708.22.00);<\/li>\n
- Frozen potato from Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands (NCM 2004.10.00); and<\/li>\n
- Agricultural tires from China (NCM 4011.70.10, NCM 4011.70.90, NCM 4011.80.90, NCM 4011.90.90 and NCM 4011.90.10).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Empty Hard Gelatin Capsules from Mexico and USA<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn May, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties, for up to five years, to the imports of empty hard gelatin capsules (commonly classified under the NCM code 9602.00.10) originated from Mexico and USA. The duties range from US$ 0,12 up to US$ 2,13 for 1000 capsules.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Butyl Acrylate from Russia<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn March, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties for up to five years to the imports of butyl acrylate (commonly classified under the NCM code 2916.12.30) originated from Russia. The duties range from US$ 189,92\/ton to US$ 638,95\/ton.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Denise Junqueira
\n<\/strong>djunqueira@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nGuilherme Bertolini
\n<\/strong>gbertolini@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nMa\u00edra Rodrigues
\n<\/strong>mrodrigues@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nFelipe Eleut\u00e9rio<\/strong>
\nfeleuterio@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nJulia De Luca Carvalho<\/strong>
\njdeluca@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ANTITRUST & COMPETITION iFood signs settlement agreement with CADE in exclusivity clause probe In February, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (\u201cCADE\u2019s Tribunal\u201d) approved a settlement agreement in a probe concerning iFood\u2019s alleged abuse of dominance, closing the investigation. The online delivery app platform was being accused of imposing exclusive relationships with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-concorrencial.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazilian-competition-case-law","category-concorrencial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5062"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6198,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions\/6198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The approval of the merger between chocolate manufacturers Nestl\u00e9 and Garoto, originally submitted for CADE\u2019s approval in 2002 under the authority\u2019s former post-merger notification system, ends a long-standing court dispute against CADE\u2019s decision to reject the parties\u2019 remedy proposal and to block the deal in 2004. CADE\u2019s reanalysis follows a court decision.<\/p>\n
The approval is conditioned to the parties\u2019 compliance with behavioral remedies set forth in a merger control agreement. Among other commitments, Nestl\u00e9 agreed to inform CADE about all its acquisitions in the chocolate business for the next seven years, regardless of whether they meet CADE\u2019s thresholds; to not intervene in third parties\u2019 claim to reduce, suspend or eliminate chocolate import taxation; and to abstain itself from acquiring any assets that represent 5% or more of the chocolate market in Brazil.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
INTERNATIONAL TRADE<\/h2>\nPublic interest assessment becomes optional in original trade defense investigations<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs of March 15th, public interest assessment became optional in original dumping and subsidy investigations. With the change, the public interest assessment proceeding may be requested by an interested party, who must file for opening the investigation based on the Public Interest Questionnaire or started ex officio<\/em> at the Brazilian Department of Trade Defense (\u201cDECOM\u201d) discretion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Extension of Antidumping Duties<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn the last months, the Executive Committee of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (\u201cGECEX\u201d) extended, for up to five years, the antidumping duties applied to the following products and origins:<\/p>\n
\n- N-butanol from South Africa and Russia (NCM 2905.13);<\/li>\n
- Knitted fabric from China (NCM 6004.10.41, NCM 6004.10.42, NCM 6004.10.43, NCM 6004.10.44, NCM 6004.90.40, NCM 6006.41.00, NCM 6006.42.00, NCM 6006.43.00 and NCM 6006.44.00);<\/li>\n
- Automotive glasses from China (NCM 7007.11.00, NCM 7007.19.00, NCM 7007.21.00, NCM 7007.29.000, NCM 8708.29.99 and NCM 8708.22.00);<\/li>\n
- Frozen potato from Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands (NCM 2004.10.00); and<\/li>\n
- Agricultural tires from China (NCM 4011.70.10, NCM 4011.70.90, NCM 4011.80.90, NCM 4011.90.90 and NCM 4011.90.10).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Empty Hard Gelatin Capsules from Mexico and USA<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn May, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties, for up to five years, to the imports of empty hard gelatin capsules (commonly classified under the NCM code 9602.00.10) originated from Mexico and USA. The duties range from US$ 0,12 up to US$ 2,13 for 1000 capsules.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Butyl Acrylate from Russia<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn March, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties for up to five years to the imports of butyl acrylate (commonly classified under the NCM code 2916.12.30) originated from Russia. The duties range from US$ 189,92\/ton to US$ 638,95\/ton.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Denise Junqueira
\n<\/strong>djunqueira@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nGuilherme Bertolini
\n<\/strong>gbertolini@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nMa\u00edra Rodrigues
\n<\/strong>mrodrigues@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nFelipe Eleut\u00e9rio<\/strong>
\nfeleuterio@cascione.com.br<\/p>\nJulia De Luca Carvalho<\/strong>
\njdeluca@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ANTITRUST & COMPETITION iFood signs settlement agreement with CADE in exclusivity clause probe In February, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (\u201cCADE\u2019s Tribunal\u201d) approved a settlement agreement in a probe concerning iFood\u2019s alleged abuse of dominance, closing the investigation. The online delivery app platform was being accused of imposing exclusive relationships with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-concorrencial.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazilian-competition-case-law","category-concorrencial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5062"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6198,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions\/6198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
As of March 15th, public interest assessment became optional in original dumping and subsidy investigations. With the change, the public interest assessment proceeding may be requested by an interested party, who must file for opening the investigation based on the Public Interest Questionnaire or started ex officio<\/em> at the Brazilian Department of Trade Defense (\u201cDECOM\u201d) discretion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the last months, the Executive Committee of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (\u201cGECEX\u201d) extended, for up to five years, the antidumping duties applied to the following products and origins:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In May, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties, for up to five years, to the imports of empty hard gelatin capsules (commonly classified under the NCM code 9602.00.10) originated from Mexico and USA. The duties range from US$ 0,12 up to US$ 2,13 for 1000 capsules.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In March, the GECEX imposed antidumping duties for up to five years to the imports of butyl acrylate (commonly classified under the NCM code 2916.12.30) originated from Russia. The duties range from US$ 189,92\/ton to US$ 638,95\/ton.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Denise Junqueira Guilherme Bertolini Ma\u00edra Rodrigues Felipe Eleut\u00e9rio<\/strong> Julia De Luca Carvalho<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ANTITRUST & COMPETITION iFood signs settlement agreement with CADE in exclusivity clause probe In February, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (\u201cCADE\u2019s Tribunal\u201d) approved a settlement agreement in a probe concerning iFood\u2019s alleged abuse of dominance, closing the investigation. The online delivery app platform was being accused of imposing exclusive relationships with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-concorrencial.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazilian-competition-case-law","category-concorrencial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5062"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6198,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions\/6198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascione.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Extension of Antidumping Duties<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Empty Hard Gelatin Capsules from Mexico and USA<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Antidumping Duties applied to Butyl Acrylate from Russia<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>djunqueira@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>gbertolini@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>mrodrigues@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n
\nfeleuterio@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n
\njdeluca@cascione.com.br<\/p>\n