On 21 December 2021, the ACCC announced it had accepted three court-enforceable divestiture undertakings given by Veolia Environnement S.A and its subsidiary, Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd (Veolia) pursuant to s 87B of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) in connection with Veolia’s proposed acquisition of Suez S.A.
Declared Service
Pursuant to section 152ALA(4) of the Competition and Consumer Act the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission extends the expiry date for the wholesale asymmetric digital subscriber line service (Wholesale ADSL Service) declaration to 30 June 2024.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Gerren Pty Ltd trading as ‘Parkside Funerals’ (Parkside Funerals) in relation to representations made about the price of its funeral and/or cremation services that it admits contravened sections 18 and 29(1)(i) of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), and its use of unfair contract terms within the meaning of section 23 and 24 of the ACL.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Crossfire Motorcycles Pty Limited (Crossfire) in relation to the supply of quad bikes that did not, or did not likely, comply with section 9 of the Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 (the Safety Standard) in contravention of section 106 of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), contained in Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).Â
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from CAMI and iTutor tutoring software suppliers, Compass Matin Pty Ltd [ACN 140 170 038] (Compass Matin) and eduCollect Pty Ltd [ACN 139 749 572] (EduCollect), in relation to Compass Matin and EduCollect’s use of unfair contract terms within the meaning of section 24 of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and representations made by Compass Matin to consumers in contravention of sections 18 and 29(1)(g) of the ACL.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from AA Machinery Pty Ltd (trading as Agrison) and its sole Director, Mr Volkan (Nick) Yokus (Mr Yokus), in relation to representations concerning consumers’ rights under a warranty and the availability of after sales service and spare parts.
On 6 October 2021, Frontier Networks provided written notice to the ACCC electing to be bound by the class exemption under section 143A of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
The ACCC accepted a court enforceable undertaking (the Undertaking) from Australian Payments Plus Ltd (AP+) pursuant to s 87B of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) in connection with AP+’s proposed acquisition of shares in BPAY Group Holding Pty Ltd (BPAY HoldCo), eftpos Payments Australia Limited (eftpos) and New Payments Platform Australia Limited (NPPA) (the Proposed Amalgamation).
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Nero Bathrooms International Pty Ltd (Nero) after Nero admitted it was likely to have engaged in resale price maintenance in contravention of section 48 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA).
On 13 August 2021, DGtek provided written notice to the ACCC electing to be bound by the class exemption under section 143A of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
