EU ANTITRUST: HOT TOPICS & NEXT STEPS

EU ANTITRUST: HOT TOPICS & NEXT STEPS 2022

Prague, Czechia

The evaluative considerations then confuse and contradict each other, leading to arbitrary (and ultimately political) decision-making. Paternalistic control of societal wellbeing, even if it pursues worthy goals to which nothing can be objected, must not deprive the consumers of the ability to finally decide about the outcomes; and precisely this ability is guaranteed by the undeformed AT (Thomas 2021b, p. 15, 23). I also recommend that competition law sticks to its mission to protect a self correcting functional competitive environment. It should not be “changed” and instrumentalised to achieve extra-competitive objectives that can be better addressed by direct regulation, and certainly not to comply with various vague mainstream slogans hiding interests that are not consistent (complementary) with the protection of competition. AT is neither a “collection basket” nor a “lamb of God” that takes away the sins of the world. References [1] ACM (2021). Guidelines on SustainabilityAgreements. [online].[Accessed 2021-12-05]. Available at https://www.acm.nl/en/publications/second-draft-version-guidelines-sustain ability-agreements-opportunities-within-competition-law. [2] Alexander, L. (2021). Privacy and antitrust at the crossroads of BigTech. American Antitrust Institute , 16 December 2021, pp. 1–22. [3] Bejček, J. (2007) Cílové konflikty v soutěžním právu. Právník. Vol 146, No 6, pp. 663-689. [4] Bejček, J. (2018) “Digitalizace antitrustu” – móda, nebo revoluce? Antitrust. No 3, pp. I-IX. [5] Bejček, J. (2019). Změna ochranného účelu (cíle) zákona jako druh faktické regula torní expanze (ochrana spotřebitele, nebo ochrana soutěže)? Obchodní právo. Vol 28, No 9, pp. 2–10. [6] Bejček, J. (2020a) Výjimečná nakažlivost výjimek. Antitrust. No 1, pp. 4–5. [7] Bejček, J. (2020b) Chytře protiprávní “chytré” smlouvy . Právník . Vol 159, No 5, pp. 377–401. [8] Bergh, R., Weber F. (2021). The German Facebook Saga: Abuse of Dominance Or Abuse Of Competition Law? World Competition Law and Economics Review . Vol 44, No 1, pp. 29–52. [9] BKA (2020). Offene Märkte und nachhaltigesWirtschaften – Gemeinwohlziele als Her ausforderung für die Kartellrechtspraxis. [online]. [Accessed 2021-12-05].Available at https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Publikation/DE/Diskussions_Hinter grundpapier/AK_Kartellrecht_2020_Hintergrundpapier.pdf;jsessionid=366990DF 0CA10B8C8B5424C4290F25D3.1_cid378?__blob=publicationFile&v=2. [10] Capobianco, A. (2021). The Ghost of Competition past, present, future. WUW . Vol 50, No 7–8, pp. 387.

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