Abuse of Economic Dependence

Patrice Bougette, Frédéric Marty and Patrice Reis
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Patrice Bougette: GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur
Patrice Reis: GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur

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Abstract: The abuse of economic dependence is a concept present in the competition rules of several European Union Member States. It addresses market practices that can lead to both exclusionary and exploitative abuses. Long confined to the retail sector, this concept has gained momentum with the rise of competition concerns in the online platform sector, notably with self-preferencing strategies. Whatever its field of application, the abuse of economic dependence is not about protecting competitors for their own sake but they can participate in ensuring the fairness of the competitive process. Thus, it participates in the logic promoted by the European Platform to Business Regulation of June 2019 and the Digital Markets Act of March 2022.

Keywords: abuse of economic dependence; bargaining power; antitrust; retail industry; digital markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09-04
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Published in Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 2023, pp.1-4. ⟨10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_792-1⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_792-1

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