SME cartel – antitrust requirements
A SME cartel can bring significant competitive advantages for small and medium-sized companies in order to be able to compete with large companies in an industry. This
Get an insight into the complex legal provisions of antitrust law and the associated risks.
A SME cartel can bring significant competitive advantages for small and medium-sized companies in order to be able to compete with large companies in an industry. This
If the manufacturer is in a top position and the retailer is dependent, a refusal to deliver is inadmissible under antitrust law – the distribution rate is important for the top position, also with
The enforcement of antitrust law under private law through antitrust claims for damages by cartel victims is becoming increasingly important in practice. There are over a hundred antitrust claims for damages in excess of hundreds of millions of euros
Competition Commissioner Vestager sums up the situation of companies and the relationship between companies and competition law when she says: It likes
Ban on price search engines and their use - Federal Court of Justice protects dealers. The ban on price search engines and their use by traders is inadmissible, even on a selective basis
Geoblocking in online trading - new EU law, avoid warnings by adapting your sales. The new geo-blocking regulation for online trading will come into force at Christmas 2018. React
The loyalty discount is standard commercial practice. Loyalty discounts are generally not problematic under antitrust law. However, this does not apply to dominant companies. You felt like that
Compensation for cartel violations - cartel agreements are no longer worthwhile! This is the clear conclusion of the latest developments in antitrust law. Cartels are uncovered again and again: that
As early as 2009, the Federal Cartel Office imposed fines on companies that made non-binding recommendations for resale prices but also exerted “psychological pressure” on their dealers to make these recommendations
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