A Definition of Digital Markets by the Slovak Antimonopoly Office – Has the Boat to Digitalisation Already Sailed?

• Authors: Hana Kováčiková

Abstracts

FR

La numérisation a apporté de nouveaux défis juridiques, même en matière de droit de la concurrence. Le test SSNIP traditionnel utilisé par les autorités de la concurrence ne convient pas aux marchés en ligne, où les services ou les produits sont mis gratuitement à la disposition des consommateurs. Ce document analyse certains aspects des marchés à prix zéro et leur évaluation du point de vue de l’autorité européenne de la concurrence et du point de vue de l’autorité slovaque de la concurrence.

EN

Digitalisation has brought new legal challenges even to competition law. The traditional SSNIP test used by competition authorities does not work with online markets, where services or products are made available to consumers free of charge. This paper analyses some aspects of zero-price markets and their assessment from the point of view of European competition authority and from the point of view of the Slovak Antimonopoly Office.

Keywords

EN

competition law; digital competition; market definition; quality; assessment; relevant market

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 21
• Pages: 247-258

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Hana Kováčiková

• Comenius University in Bratislava

• https://orcid.org/0000000241580924

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2020.13.21.10

Biblioteka Nauki

2158997