The Interaction Between Public and Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law: a Case Study of the Swedish Booking Cases

• Authors: Katharina Voss

Abstracts

FR

Cet article examine l’application privée pour les infractions aux dispositions du droit de la concurrence menée dans l’affaire Visita contre Booking en ce qui concerne l’interaction avec l’application publique du droit de la concurrence. Cette affaire portait sur la question de déterminer si les clauses de la Nation la Plus Favorisée restrictives appliquées par Booking étaient contraires à l’article 101 du TFUE et pouvaient donc être interdites par un tribunal suédois. Le présent article est centré sur l’évaluation effectuée par les juridictions suédoises afin de déterminer si les clauses de la Nation la Plus Favorisée étaient restrictives de la concurrence par effet et sur le niveau de preuve attaché à cet égard. En ce qui concerne l’interaction entre l’application publique et privée, l’affaire Visita v. Booking est considérée comme une illustration de la complexité accrue de la politique de concurrence, en particulier lorsque des pratiques nouvelles sont en cause.

EN

This article studies the private enforcement conducted in Visita v Booking from the perspective of the interaction between public and private enforcement of competition law. This case concerned the question whether the narrow MFN clauses maintained by Booking were contrary to Article 101 TFEU and could therefore be prohibited by a Swedish court. The focus of this article is placed on the assessment carried out by the Swedish courts to determine whether the MFN clauses were restrictive of competition by effect and on the standard of proof attached to the claimant in this regard. With regard to the interaction between public and private enforcement, Visita v. Booking is viewed as an illustration of the increased complexity of competition policy, in particular were novel practices are at issue.

Keywords

EN

Booking.com; EU competition law; MFN clause; OTAs; private; enforcement; public enforcement

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 21
• Pages: 55-71

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Katharina Voss

• https://orcid.org/0000000254510992

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2020.13.21.2

Biblioteka Nauki

2158939