Abuse of dominance in the electronic communications markets: overview of Croatian efforts with a report on recent developments

• Authors: Mislav Bradvica , Kristina Rudec

Abstracts

FR

Le 6 novembre 2019, l’Agence croate de la concurrence a rendu une de ses dernières décisions concernant l’abus de position dominante sur le marché croate des communications électroniques. L’Agence a dû se prononcer non seulement sur la position de l’opérateur dominant sur les marchés des communications électroniques, mais aussi sur les répercussions de son pouvoir sur le marché des médias électroniques. Dans sa décision, l’agence a conclu que les conditions des licences d’exclusivité concernant les contenus premium de football ne constituent pas un abus de position dominante. Bien que la décision en elle-même ne représente qu’une lecture intéressante, si elle est considérée dans le contexte de la pratique antérieure de l’Agence, des pouvoirs et de l’influence d’autres autorités de régulation croates, elle pourrait également représenter la preuve tant attendee de la nécessité de changer de perspective et d’invoquer des règles renforcées pour les affaires d’antitrust concernant les opérateurs de communications électroniques en Croatie.

EN

On 6 November 2019, the Croatian Competition Agency brought one of its latest decisions concerning dominance abuse on Croatian electronic communication market. When asked to assess the behaviour of the dominant incumbent, Agency had to deal not only with incumbent’s position in the electronic communications markets, but also with spillover of its power to electronic media market. In its ruling, the Agency concluded that exclusivity licencing terms regarding premium football content do not qualify as the abuse of dominant position. While the decision in itself might represent only an interesting read, if considered in the context of Agency’s previous practice, powers and influence of other Croatian regulatory authorities, it might also represent the long-awaited evidence of the need to shift perspective and invoke improved rules for antitrust cases concerning electronic communication operators in Croatia.

Keywords

EN

The Croatian Competition Agency; electronic communication operator; abuse of dominance; broadcasting rights; premium TV content; pay-TV

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 22
• Pages: 233-254

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Mislav Bradvica

• https://orcid.org/0000000273209273

author

Kristina Rudec

• https://orcid.org/0000000319001989

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2020.13.22.10

Biblioteka Nauki

2159072