 PRICE DISCRIMINATION UNDER EC COMPETITION LAW: ANOTHER ANTITRUST DOCTRINE IN SEARCH OF LIMITING PRINCIPLES?Damien Geradin and Nicolas Petit Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2006, vol. 2, issue 3, 479-531 Abstract: The main objective of this article is to shed light on the compatibility of price discrimination with EC competition law. We offer an analytical framework which distinguishes between different categories of price discrimination depending on their effects on competition. Our framework suggests that different tests are needed to assess the lawfulness of price discrimination practices under EC competition law. A related objective of the article is to show that Article 82(c), the main Treaty provision dealing with price discrimination, should only be applied to the limited circumstances where a non-vertically integrated dominant firm price discriminates between customers with the effect of placing one or several of them at a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis other customers (secondary line injury price discrimination). In contrast, Article 82(c) should not be applied to pricing measures designed to harm the dominant firm's competitors (first line-injury price discrimination) or to partition the single market across national lines. Date: 2006 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:jcomle:v:2:y:2006:i:3:p:479-531. Access Statistics for this article Journal of Competition Law and Economics is currently edited by Nicholas Economides, Amelia Fletcher, Michal Gal, Damien Geradin, Ioannis Lianos and Tommaso Valletti More articles in Journal of Competition Law and Economics from Oxford University Press |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.