The Goals of EU Competition Law - A Comprehensive Empirical Investigation

Stylianou, Konstantinos; Iacovides, Marios C.

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“…The mixture of multiple goals of competition law has also been investigated empirically. 47 It is correctly stated that numerous attempts to identify the role and objectives of competition law ranging from interpretations of legislative history to normative principle-based analyses have been made, while the final word rests with courts and enforcers. 48 According to a review of the literature and European case law, there are dozens of differently formulated competition law objectives that can be divided into several groups, namely efficiency, welfare (both total and a consumer's one), freedom (freedom of competition, equality of opportunities, economic freedom, protection of competitors etc.…”

Section: Treatment Different Goals Of Competition Lawmentioning

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Sustainability of “Traditional Antitrust” under the Challenge of “Sustainability” and Digitization

Bejček¹

2023

Auc Iuridica

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Antitrust law arose from political pressures and has been subject to political pressures all the time. Recently, the slogan of the digital and economic transformation of society has been spread and there have been discussions about the impact of this social trend on the nature and goals of competition law. The digitalization of antitrust itself does not affect the already rather controversial debate on the goals of competition law. While digitalization does not change the goals of competition law, and competition law “only” has to deal with the challenge of adapting to technological developments within its tool-box, the so-called sustainability is associated with pressures to change and expand the goals of antitrust themselves. However, the protection of competition and consumer welfare must remain a priority, and competition authorities should not be forced to pursue a political agenda outside their remit under the pretext of a significant social change. Considerations of the so-called sustainability, however defined, must be addressed in the context of a classical competitive analysis, which provides enough flexibility to do so even today

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Section: Treatment Different Goals Of Competition Lawmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability of “Traditional Antitrust” under the Challenge of “Sustainability” and Digitization

Bejček¹

2023

Auc Iuridica

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The Goals of EU Competition Law - A Comprehensive Empirical Investigation

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Sustainability of “Traditional Antitrust” under the Challenge of “Sustainability” and Digitization

Sustainability of “Traditional Antitrust” under the Challenge of “Sustainability” and Digitization

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