Online hotel bookings - a joint European approach or a most favoured nation?

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The French, Italian and Swedish authorities recently announced their decisions to accept identical commitments to settle their investigations. The case involved unprecedented coordination between several national authorities to address a European-wide issue. However there is a risk that the German Bundeskartellamt rejects the same commitments which raises concerns about the inconsistent application of EU competition law and different regulations applying to online platforms within the EU.