Month: April 2015

  • Guidelines

    Guidelines in the European Union LawResourcesSee also Commission notice

  • Exhaustion

    Exhaustion in the European Union LawConcept of Exhaustion provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Intellectual property rights (IPRs) such as patents and trademarks give the developer certain […]

  • Concerted practice

    Concerted practice in the European Union LawConcept of Concerted practice provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Coordination between undertakings which, without having reached the stage of […]

  • Intra-brand competition

    Intra-brand competition in the European Union LawConcept of Intra-brand competition provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Competition among distributors or retailers of the same branded product, […]

  • Comity

    Comity in the European Union LawConcept of Comity provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Principle applied in the field of international cooperation on compe-tition policy. By negative comity, […]

  • Individual exemption

    Individual exemption in the European Union LawConcept of Individual exemption provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Decision of the Commission pursuant to Article 81(3) of the EC Treaty to exempt […]

  • Collusion

    Collusion in the European Union LawConcept of Collusion provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Collusion refers to the coordination of firms' competitive behaviour. The likely result of such […]

  • Parallel trade

    Parallel trade (parallel imports) in the European Union LawConcept of Parallel trade (parallel imports) provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Trade in products, which takes place outside the […]

  • Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index

    Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index (HHI) in the European Union LawConcept of Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index (HHI) provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Specific measurement of market concentration, that […]

  • Economies of scale

    Economies of scale in the European Union LawConcept of Economies of scale provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Economies of scale occur when firms achieve per unit cost savings by producing more […]