by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014
Side effects of an agreement or a merger between two or several firms, which affect competition between them in another relevant market than the one covered by the agreement or the merger in question. Spillover effects are referred to in Article 2(4) of the merger...
by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014
An agreement between undertakings relating to the conditions under which they specialise in the production of a narrow or specific range of goods and/or services. Agreements on specialisation can contribute to improving the production or distribution of goods, because...
by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014
This term covers both non-compete obligations and quantity forcing. A non-compete obligation is an obligation or incentive scheme in a supply or distribution agreement which causes the buyer not to manufacture, purchase, sell or resell products which compete with the...
by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014
Services of general economic interest (SGEI) are commercial services of general economic utility, on which the public authorities therefore impose specific public-service obligations (Article 106 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). Transport,...
by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014
Distribution system whereby a supplier enters into (vertical) agree- ments with a limited number of selected dealers in the same geographic area. Selective distribution agreements, on the one hand, restrict the number of authorised distributors. On the other hand,...
