Republic imposed fines on the telecommunications companies

Orange 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

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A client has asked you to inform him of recent anti-competitive activities in the

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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.

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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:

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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.

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