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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"Competition law"”.
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Competition law : the legal precedent of the Wal-Mart case on competition law development in Namibia
… the decision of the Wal-Mart cases in respect to competition law, mergers and acquisition in Namibia. Owing to the fact that Namibian law is mostly derived from South African law, the exploration and analysis will be based on both Wal-Mart cases in Namibia and South Africa in respect of the …
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The role of efficiencies under EU competition law
… is the inclusion of economic factors into competition law analyses, allowing greater scope for economic efficiency arguments in its competitive analysis in different competition law areas, such as restrictive agreements, mergers and unilateral behaviour. -- The purpose of this thesis is to …
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E.C. competition law in an era of modern telecommunications
This thesis examines competition law in the context of the changing telecommunications sector. Its purpose is to facilitate a re-assessment of contemporary competition law and policy by raising questions about its interpretation. This is principally achieved by questioning the underlying philosophy …
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Power Market Structure: Competition Law Enforcement and Electricity Security
… sector along with the introduction of competition into the electricity markets has led to both state-owned enterprises and private enterprises operating in the same electricity markets although the states or national institutions regulate the electricity markets. Often developing …
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The impact of competition law on pricing of telecommunication services
… very under regulated in terms of incorporating competition law. The state-owned conglomerates known as Telkom, MTN and Vodacom were the dominant monopolies in the market. This was due to regulations that provided them with the ability to be the only companies in the telecommunications industry …
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The record industry and competition law in the twenty-first century
… diversity and their special treatment by competition law. It uses the record industry as a tool to demonstrate how independent music labels contribute to diversity in a record business dominated by four major players. Whilst some scholars have advocated the inclusion of cultural issues …
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Interactions between courts and administrative authorities in EU competition law enforcement
The EU competition law reforms of 2004 decentralised enforcement from the European Commission to national competition authorities and national courts, while the European Commission remains central to the system. This thesis responds to a need for research into how institutions interact in this …
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Renewed emphasis on procedural rights and guarantees in EU Competition law enforcement
Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης καθίσταται η διερεύνηση του τρόπου εφαρμογής και θεσμικής λειτουργίας των διαδικαστικών εγγυήσεων του ευρωπαϊκού δικαίου ανταγωνισμού ενόψει της εξελικτικής πορείας του θεσμικού πλαισίου επιβολής των κανόνων ανταγωνισμού στις ψηφιακές αγορές που σηματοδοτείται από την …
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Strategic airline alliances and restrictions of competition by object under EU competition law
… airline alliances as restrictive of competition by object and interpret this concept in a wider sense under Article 101(1) TFEU. By relying on the example and analysis of airline alliances and in particular metal-neutral revenue-sharing alliances, the thesis argues that the ’orthodox’ …
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Does the Saudi Competition Law Guarantee Protection to Fair Competition? A Critical Assessment.
This research aims to investigate the Saudi Competition Law (2004) and its regulations and rules. It investigates whether the Saudi Competition Law guarantees protection for fair competition. . It looks into the defects in the Saudi Competition Law and its enforcement. The research also explores …
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‘Power’ in Competition Law: A Reconception and Its Application in the Digital Era
Power is of central importance to competition law. On the one hand, power is related to competitive benefits and harms. On the other hand, power is connected with the methods for observing, measuring and controlling competitive harms. Modern competition law employs the market power conception, …
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Reforming the models of competition law and addressing intersectional discrimination in South Africa
The Competition Act of 1998 was enacted as a transformative measure to address our egregious history. This is evident in the inclusion of public interest objectives that sought to promote competition and economic change, particularly for the benefit of businesses owned and controlled by those …
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Is there a role for public interest provisions in South African competition law?
… recent Wal-Mart/Massmart merger decision by the Competition Tribunal has highlighted the delicate role that the South African Competition Authorities (the Competition Commission, Competition Tribunal and the Competition Appeal Court) play between balancing public interest provisions and …
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Regulatory reform of the Korean competition law and policy on vertical restraints: a critical analysis of competition law in the Republic of Korea, with reference to the US, the EC, and Japan
… with the question of whether the Korean competition authority is well prepared for the open market with regard to vertical restraints. This further brings some issues such as of whether the authority partially scrutinises enterprises without proper evidences based on economics. This …
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Causation in private enforcement of competition law: a comparative analysis of divergent national approaches
Competition law damages actions are often characterised by the uncertainty of the causal connection between the infringement and the harm. The anticompetitive damage consists in a pure economic loss caused by a market distortion. Here, the complexity of the market structures, combined with the …
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The interface between the WTO and Competition Law - one size does not fit all-
With liberalization opening markets, the world is fast growing towards one global village. The downside of this trend is that cross-border practices have also been developed and unregulated sectors are causing damages, especially to the less developed victims that have yet to establish stronger …
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Public interest influences in competition law : a comparative analysis of South Africa and Germany
… possible approaches to make a balancing of the competition and public interest effects more concrete. First, this paper will examine both merger regimes separately including a short introduction on the legislative background and an analysis of the merger cases before comparing the systems and …
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The Liberalisation of European Energy Markets: The Use of Competition Law as a Regulatory Tool
… Commission increasingly tends to implement competition law, in particular through commitment decisions, in order to create a quasi-ex ante regulatory effect in the markets. The main conclusion of this thesis is that a lack of legal certainty and insufficient clarification of the law …
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The Swiss and the South African Public Interest Tests in Competition Law - Two Systems compared
… will illustrate the South African and Swiss Competition Acts with a specific focus on the public interest consideration common to both. It will investigate if and how political considerations enter into the weighting of the abstract term of public interest and whether South Africa as the less …
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