Polish Antitrust Legislation and Case Law Review 2010

• Authors: Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article presents key developments in Polish antitrust legislation and case law of 2010. Regarding legislation, the article focuses on a new group exemption for agreements on motor vehicle distribution; also provided is a general characterisation of antitrust jurisprudence, mainly the judgments of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals in Warsaw. The presented rulings are divided according to their subject matter referring to particular types of restrictive practices, relevant market definition, relationships between the Competition Act and other national legislation as well as problems related to the UOKiK President’s decision-making process and juridical control of antitrust decisions.

FR

L’article présent les développements clés de la loi polonaise d’ententes et la jurisprudence en 2010. Par rapport a la législation, l’article se concentre sur un nouveau règlement d’exemption les d’accords verticaux et de pratiques concertées dans le secteur automobile. L’article présent caractéristiques générales des cas en matière d’ententes, surtout ceux règles par la Cour Suprême et la Cour d’Appel de Varsovie. La description des cas est divisée en parties thématiques concernant les types particuliers des pratiques restreignant la concurrence, identification des marches, relations entre le Droit de la compétition et les autres actes et problèmes relatifs a l’adoption et l’exécution des décisions par le président de l’UOKiK.

Keywords

EN

abuse of a dominant position; anticompetitive agreements; antitrust case law; antitrust legislation; common competition rule of the EU; group exemption; fines; motor vehicle distribution; relevant market

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 4(5)
• Pages: 157-177

Dates

published

2011-11-30

Contributors

author

Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka

• Department of European Economic Law, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw

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