Assessment of the ‘significance of the restriction of competition’ premise in the context of defining relevant markets in the case-law on concentration control of entrepreneurs Cover Image

Ocena przesłanki istotności ograniczenia konkurencji w kontekście definiowania rynków właściwych w orzecznictwie dotyczącym kontroli koncentracji przedsiębiorców
Assessment of the ‘significance of the restriction of competition’ premise in the context of defining relevant markets in the case-law on concentration control of entrepreneurs

Author(s): Monika Bychowska
Subject(s): Economy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Business Economy / Management, Law on Economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: concentration of undertakings; control of concentration; significant restrictions on competition; horizontal impact; vertical impact; relevant market

Summary/Abstract: Control of concentration is one of the competences of the President of the Polish competition authority. The exercise of this competence is intended to prevent competition restrictions resulting from structural behaviors of entrepreneurs. A ‘significant restriction of competition’ is the premise examined during the adjudication process in matters related to the control of concentrations. There are no uniform tests that would allow a clear determination of the fulfillment of this premise. A significant restriction of competition is always analyzed in an individual case of an actual concentration

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 109-118
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish