Directive 2019/633 on Unfair Trading Practices in Business-To-Business Relationships and Its Implementation
Directive 2019/633 on Unfair Trading Practices in Business-To-Business Relationships and Its Implementation

Author(s): Vasil Hristov Georgiev
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Summary/Abstract: Unfair trading practices between economic operators are a consequence of the concentration and vertical integration of retailers of fast-moving consumer goods. The strengthened market position of the latter allowed them to impose unfavorable conditions on their economically weaker partners in the supply chain – such as manufacturers and small suppliers. The cross-border nature of trade in agricultural goods and foods has brought this issue to the attention of the European institutions relatively quickly.On 25 April 2019, Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain was published in the Ofcial Journal of the EU. This paper analyses the norms and implementation of the Directive as of 31 July 2021.

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