Competition and competitiveness

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Competition and competitiveness

• Anna Solomko

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Content

• Competition
• Competitiveness
• Sources of the competition law
• Estonian Competition Act
• - Scope
• - Pillars
• Case law

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Competition

• The effort of two or more parties acting
  independently to secure the business of a third
  party by offering the most favorable terms"

• Types of economic competition
• - direct
• - substitute or indirect
• - budget

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Competitiveness

• Competitiveness is a comparative concept of the
  ability and performance of a firm, sub-sector or
  country to sell and supply goods and/or services
  in a given market.

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Sources of competition law

• The EC competition law (Art. 81 and 82)
• Estonian Competition Act

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Estonian Competition Act

• The first Estonian Competition Act 1993
• The 2nd Competition Act from October 1998 to
  October 2001
• The 3d Competition Act October 2001

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1. Scope of application of Act

• The scope
• safeguarding of competition
• preclusion and elimination of the prevention,
  limitation or restriction of competition

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Pillars of competition law

• 1) Prohibition on agreements, concerted practices
  and decisions by associations of undertakings
  which restrict competition 4 of the
  Competition Act
• 2) Abuse of dominant position - 16 of the
  Competition Act
• 3) Control of Concentrations - 19 of the
  Competition Act

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Case law

• Milk processors (producers) and wholesalers case
  (09/00)
• Case of the taxi services in Pärnu (13/99)
• Case of the activity of the Association of
  Estonian International Road Carriers (03/00)
• Hawaii Express case (22/99)

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