SME cartel – antitrust requirements
A medium-sized company cartel can bring significant competitive advantages to small and medium-sized companies in order to be able to compete with the large companies in a sector. This applies in particular to specialization cartels and rationalization cartels, which the GWB allows under certain conditions. Under the umbrella of a medium-sized company cartel, for example, price agreements and quota formation that are otherwise prohibited can be permitted. However, […]