Category: P

  • Passive sales

    Passive sales in the European Union LawConcept of Passive sales provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Sales in response to unsolicited requests from individual customers, including delivery of […]

  • Predatory pricing

    Predatory pricing in the European Union LawConcept of Predatory pricing provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): A (deliberate) strategy, usually by a dominant firm, of driving competi-tors out of […]

  • Periodic penalty payment

    Periodic penalty payment in the European Union LawConcept of Periodic penalty payment provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): The Commission may, by decision, impose periodic penalty payments in […]

  • Potential competition

    Potential competition in the European Union LawConcept of Potential competition provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Pressure exercised upon incumbent firms by the possibility that new or […]

  • Public undertaking

    Public undertaking in the European Union LawConcept of Public undertaking provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): An undertaking over which the public authorities directly or indirectly exercise […]

  • 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 […]

  • Potential competitor

    Potential competitor in the European Union LawConcept of Potential competitor provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): A firm is treated as a potential competitor if there is evidence that this firm […]

  • Preparation of the preliminary draft Article 10 Decision

    Preparation of the preliminary draft Article 10 DecisionThe drafting of EU acts must comply with numerous formal rules, for reasons of legal certainty, clarity, precision, or simply uniformity and in order to comply with the duty to state reasons for EU acts. In general, the rules and guide…

  • Public interest justifying intervention

    'European Union public interest' justifying interventionAccording to its terms, Article 10 can be applied where "the Community [i.e., European Union 1 ] public interest relating to the application of Articles 81 and 82 of the Tre…

  • Prima facie case

    Interim Measures: Prima facie caseThe practices focused on by the action for interim measures must prima facie be likely to constitute an infringement of competition rules.More about Prima facie caseAccording to the General Court in La Cinq <a name=t1 href=#f1 target="_self&qu…