by Kevin Coates | May 10, 2014
Any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position within the internal market or in a substantial part of it shall be prohibited as incompatible with the internal market in so far as it may affect trade between Member States.” Such abuse may, in...
by Kevin Coates | May 10, 2014
1. The following shall be prohibited as incompatible with the internal market all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their object or effect...
by 21st Century Competition | May 9, 2014
The term “antitrust” refers to competition rules on agreements and business practices which restrict competition and on abuse of dominant positions. Agreements and concerted practices which may restrict competition are prohibited by the antitrust...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Field of competition law and policy. In the EU context, both the rules governing anti-competitive agreements and practices (cartels and other forms of collusion) based on Article 101 of the EC Treaty and the rules prohibiting abuses of (existing) dominant positions...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Restrictions on the parties to an agreement (including an agreement to form a concentration), which do not constitute the primary object of the agreement, but are directly related to and necessary for the proper functioning of the objectives envisaged by agreement. In...