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EU competition round-up: merger notifications and Boeing/Spirit decision; Condor State aid appeal; DMA gatekeepers’ compliance—9 March 2026

Published on: 09 March 2026

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Mergers

  • The Commission has been notified of CPP Investments/I Squared/Inkia Energy (M.12373) under the simplified procedure.
  • It published the public version of its conditional phase 1 decision in Boeing/Spirit (M.11578)—see further, decision.

NOTE—For all live merger probes before the Commission, see EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker.

State aid

  • The application in Case T-44/26, Ryanair and Ryanair Sun v Commission, has been published. It seeks annulment of the 28 April 2025 decision re-approving German restructuring aid for Condor, in light of the General Court’s 8 May 2024 judgment—see further, application.

NOTE—For all live State aid appeals before the General Court, see General Court State aid appeals—ongoing cases tracker.

Digital Markets Act

  • The Commission said the gatekeepers designated on 6 September 2022—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft—have filed reports on updated DMA compliance, setting out changes made and measures taken over the past year.
  • They also submitted updated, independently audited reports on consumer profiling techniques—see further, press release.

NOTE—For a summary of all developments relating to the Digital Markets Act, see EU Digital Markets Act—progress tracker.

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