Indywidualna legalizacja RPM w decyzji australijskiego organu antymonopolowego (sprawa Tooltechnic z grudnia 2014 r.)
Authorisation of RPM in the decision of the Australian Antitrust Authority (Tooltechnic case from December 2014)
Author(s): Konrad KohutekSubject(s): Business Economy / Management, Commercial Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: resale price maintenance; Australian competition law; “individual exemption from the prohibition of competition restricting agreements; free-riding
Summary/Abstract: This paper describes the Australian Tooltechnic case, in which the antitrust authority – for the first time in history – has authorized application of resale price maintenance by that undertaking. Besides the presentation of the fact of the case, this article evaluates legal and economic arguments which determined the authorization of such practice and also their relevance for the application of Polish and European prohibition of competition restricting agreements relating to RPM.
Journal: internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (iKAR)
- Issue Year: 4/2015
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 86-89
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Polish