Updating the class exemptions under the Antitrust Law and extending their period

The Ministry of Transport refused to renew the direct import licenses of a motorcycle importer for both Yamaha and Kawasaki brands, ruling that the license could only be renewed for one of them. The Supreme Court dismissed the importer’s appeal on competition grounds.  The Israeli Law for the Licensing of Services and Professions in the […]

The Central Company for Beverage Distribution Ltd., which is a monopoly in its field, included in its agreements with its customers an option to cancel the agreement in the event of a reduction in the customer’s purchases and the Director General of the Competition Authority imposed a fine thereupon. The Supreme Court held that the […]

As part of a merger transaction in which shareholders in the target company sold their shares to the acquiring company, an Israeli company wholly held by an Australian ASX traded company, the acquiring company undertook to provide a loan for the benefit of the target company.  While the share purchase agreements were made only with […]

A gas products marketer, which sells products to several distributors, demanded that a store owner, with whom it had worked for 15 years, not advertise products at a price lower than the price it set.  After the store owner objected to the demand, contending it is a forbidden restrictive arrangement, the distributor stopped supplying its […]