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Notion of Anticompetitive Agreement Challenged in Digital Environment

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  • Patakyová Mária T.

    (1 PhD. Assistant Professor at the Institute of European Law, Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia)

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Prohibition of anti-competitive agreements pursuant to Article 101 TFEU and its counterparties in competition law of the EU member states is divided into three forms: agreements, concerted practices, decisions of association of undertakings. Each of them covers a different type of colluding and as such should cover a wide range, ideally all anticompetitive colluding. However, it has been recognised that certain potentially anti-competitive dealings are not covered by any of these forms. The very much discussed example is tacit collusion. This article explores these issues and it sets them into the digital environment. The question to be discussed here is whether the issues are deteriorating in digital environment. A supposed scenario is used to present problems of determination whether a dealing is an anticompetitive agreement.

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  • Patakyová Mária T., 2020. "Notion of Anticompetitive Agreement Challenged in Digital Environment," European Studies - The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, Sciendo, vol. 7(1), pages 237-252, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurstu:v:7:y:2020:i:1:p:237-252:n:1
    DOI: 10.2478/eustu-2022-0055
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