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Republic imposed fines on the telecommunications companiesOrange Siovensko (Orange) and SAPEKOfor concluding a vertical Agreement restricting competition. Skim through the table quickly and answer these questions. 1 What product was at the centre of a price-fixing cartel in Latvia? 2 How much did the Competition Authority fine oil companies in Sweden? In what year did the Italian Competition Council fine Telecom Italia 152 million euros? How many parties were involved in an illegal shrimp-fishing cartel in the Netherlands? Why were proceedings taken against five gas utility companies in Germany in 2004? The lawyer writing the report mentioned in Exercise 3 has decided to Reorganise the information on the basis of industry rather than country. Use the Information from Table 1 on page 206 to complete the spaces in Table 2 Below. Table 2: Sector, Country, Measure Taken, Violation, Authority Match these verbs (1-5) with the nouns (a-e) they collocate with in Table 1. Abuse Initiate Collude on Limit Impose A access B prices C a fine d one's position E proceedings Unit 15 Competition law E Ng 1 . Ing 0 A client has asked you to inform him of recent anti-competitive activities in the SAMPL ANSW~ER telecommunications sector in the EU and the measures taken against the »p.302 offending companies. Look at the relevant three cases in Table 2 on page 207. Have similar violations been committed in each case? In what way do the violations differ? Using the information in Table 2, write a short email to your Client in which you compare the anti-competitive activities in the three Telecommunications cases. Where appropriate, use passive constructions to Focus on the receiver of the action and the action taken. Egg prod..ucers m Lo.ivwL.,\Jere fmecLfor prLce-fi¥mg iA..Y1dvtI1e FormoJiol1 of mformoJiol1 excl1iA..Y1gwe..rtcl. A pdiw:m L\JOvSfilecL o...gOvLnsptetroLwm compiA..Y1l,ems SL\JecLel1for <Abuse of OvMmmiA..Y1tposilWl1 iA..Y1dfovr IimUing tI1e GtGGess of Otl1er compiA..Y1l,etos tI1e mOvrket. EXAMPLES: n ng 1: ing on on High-profile cases involvingcompetition law violations committed by large, well-known Companies often appear in the news. However,undertakings of all sizes and sectors of The economy are equally bound by the laws prohibiting anti-competitive activities. For This reason, lawyers must advise their business clients about the competition law risks Associated with certain business practices and warn them of the possible consequences Of such illegal behaviour. The following dialogue takes place between a USlawyer, Mr Langston, and his client, MrGreene, the owner of a taxi company. Listen to the discussion and tick the terms mentioned by the lawyer. Anti-competitive behaviour Bid-rigging Price-fixing Per se violation Tie-in arrangement Territorial allocation Predatory pricing Vertical agreement Abusing a dominant position DDDDD DDDD Listen again and decide whether these statements are true or false. Mr Greene is worried that the entry of a new competitor into the market will Adversely affect his business. Date: 2015-12-11; view: 1171
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