The article presents key developments in Polish antitrust legislation and jurisprudence of 2011. Its legislative part focuses on the renewal of Polish Group Exemption Regulations for vertical agreements, specialization and R&D agreements as well as cooperation agreements in the insurance sector....

In Europa, l'affermazione del c.d. "economic approach" alla interpretazione ed applicazione del diritto antitrust cominciò, come noto, con l'introduzione di una valutazione più benevola delle intese verticali rispetto a quelle orizzontali, per proseguire con il nuovo regolamento sulle...

This paper will analyze the impact of the modernized approach to Article 102 TFEU on the application of the prohibition of dominant position abuse contained in Polish competition law. For that purpose, several questions will be answered. Has the consumer-welfare standard already become, or will...

This paper questions whether the objective of Article 82EC is indeed enhancing ‘consumer welfare’ as suggested by the EC Commission when one examines the application of the provision thus far. It critically analyses the case law of the EC Commission and Courts to show that there is great...