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Tackling gatekeepers’ self-preferencing practices 解决看门人的自我偏好做法
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2022.2034332
C. Hutchinson, D. Treščáková
ABSTRACT “Self-preferencing” refers to a conduct of a large provider of core platform services which consists in favouring one’s own products and services over those offered by competitors on the same platform. Drawing on the experience acquired through its various antitrust investigations into the conducts of Big Tech, the European Commission, in its its “proposal for the Digital Market Act”, has put forward the concept of “gatekeeper”. If adopted, this regulatory instrument which aims at ensuring fairness and transparency in the EU digital markets, would enable the Commission to qualify as such any large core platform service on the basis of narrowly defined objectives criteria and submit it to a set of prohibitions and obligations. By opting for such an approach, the Commission would be able to switch from an ex-post assessment of a gatekeepers’ self-preferencing practices to an ex-ante one.
摘要“自我偏好”是指大型核心平台服务提供商的一种行为,即倾向于自己的产品和服务,而不是竞争对手在同一平台上提供的产品或服务。欧盟委员会在其“数字市场法提案”中借鉴了通过对大型科技公司行为的各种反垄断调查获得的经验,提出了“看门人”的概念。如果通过,这项旨在确保欧盟数字市场公平和透明的监管文书将使欧盟委员会能够根据狭义的目标标准,将任何大型核心平台服务视为此类服务,并将其纳入一系列禁令和义务。通过选择这种方法,委员会将能够从对看门人自我偏好做法的事后评估转变为事前评估。
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Ensuring contestability and fairness in digital markets through regulation: a comparative analysis of the EU, UK and US approaches 通过监管确保数字市场的可竞争性和公平性:欧盟、英国和美国方法的比较分析
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-02-02 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2022.2034331
Thomas Tombal
ABSTRACT In a society where individuals increasingly spend time on the internet, large online platforms have become, for many, unavoidable actors. As it is increasingly argued that competition policy alone cannot address all the systemic problems that they create in digital markets where quick reactions are indispensable, there seems to be a consensus across the globe that legislative action must be taken against a specific sub-set of these large online platforms in order to foster contestability and fairness. This contribution aims to analyse how the EU, UK and US legislators intend to do so through regulation. First, the scope of the digital platforms that would be subject to these regulatory initiatives, and the potential discrepancies in this regard, will be clarified. Then, the general approach and options taken in each of these jurisdictions to address this dependence issue will be outlined. Finally, the main discrepancies between these different approaches will be summarized.
摘要在一个个人花在互联网上的时间越来越多的社会中,对许多人来说,大型网络平台已经成为不可避免的参与者。随着越来越多的人认为,仅靠竞争政策无法解决它们在数字市场中造成的所有系统性问题,而在数字市场上,快速反应是必不可少的,全球似乎都达成了共识,即必须对这些大型在线平台的特定子集采取立法行动,以促进可竞争性和公平性。这篇文章旨在分析欧盟、英国和美国立法者打算如何通过监管来做到这一点。首先,将澄清受这些监管举措约束的数字平台的范围,以及这方面的潜在差异。然后,将概述这些司法管辖区为解决这一依赖性问题而采取的一般方法和选择。最后,将总结这些不同方法之间的主要差异。
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引用次数: 1
R you being foreclosed? 你被取消抵押品赎回权了吗?
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2021.2002588
Oliver Latham, Chara Tzanetaki
ABSTRACT We draw parallels between the pandemic and foreclosure in network industries by applying “Susceptible, Infected, Recovered” (SIR) modelling to an antitrust setting. We consider a digital service seeking to grow into an addressable market occupied by an incumbent platform. The entrant can grow organically, but amassing more users allows it to spread faster as users invite friends or generate content increasing its attractiveness. We consider the impact of the incumbent taking steps (e.g. reducing interoperability) to make the entrant “less infectious” with three main implications for antitrust policy: conduct may have large effects even if the targeted service continues to grow; conduct is most effective when applied against nascent services before they can harness netwrok effects; and conduct can have non-linear effects, with the most “viral” services continuing to grow while others are eliminated. Each result has parallels with the experience of the pandemic and implications for innovation incentives.
我们通过将“易感、感染、恢复”(SIR)模型应用于反垄断设置,在网络行业中绘制流行病与止赎之间的相似之处。我们考虑的是一种数字服务,它寻求进入一个被现有平台占据的可寻址市场。新进入者可以自然成长,但积累更多的用户可以让它更快地传播,因为用户会邀请朋友或生成内容,从而增加其吸引力。我们考虑在位者采取措施(例如减少互操作性)使进入者“不那么具有传染性”的影响,这对反垄断政策有三个主要影响:即使目标服务继续增长,行为也可能产生巨大影响;在新兴服务能够利用网络效应之前,将行为应用于它们是最有效的;行为可能会产生非线性效应,大多数“病毒式”服务会继续增长,而其他服务则会被淘汰。每一个结果都与大流行的经验和对创新激励的影响有相似之处。
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Sustainable development in the EU – which state of play in competition law? 欧盟的可持续发展——竞争法的哪个状态?
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2021.2003998
Idris Abdelkhalek
ABSTRACT Sustainable development is today a guiding objective of the EU. This article therefore analyses if and how it can be integrated in competition law and more specifically in the antitrust rules of art. 101 TFEU. This paper first explains the legal background of sustainable development, its economic, social and environmental dimensions on the international scene and highlights its enshrinement in the EU treaties. It then focuses on its environmental dimension and identifies three routes to integration in EU competition law: (i) the agreements not restricting competition while protecting the environment; (ii) the objective necessity route whereby agreements whose restrictions on competition are objectively justified and proportionate make them fall outside of the scope of art. 101 TFEU; (iii) and the exemption route of art. 101 (3) TFEU. This article analyses each of these routes and puts forward the legal points requiring clarifications or modifications in this regard.
可持续发展是当今欧盟的一个指导目标。因此,本文分析了是否以及如何将其整合到竞争法中,更具体地说,是整合到艺术的反垄断规则中。101 TFEU。本文首先解释了可持续发展的法律背景,其在国际舞台上的经济、社会和环境层面,并强调了其在欧盟条约中的体现。然后重点讨论其环境维度,并确定了欧盟竞争法一体化的三条路线:(i)在保护环境的同时不限制竞争的协议;(ii)客观必要性路线,即对竞争的限制在客观上是合理的和相称的,使其不属于art的范围。101 TFEU;(三)和art的豁免途径。101 (3);本文对这些路径进行了分析,并提出了需要澄清或修改的法律要点。
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The role of competition authorities in protecting freedom of speech: the PKN Orlen/Polska Press case 竞争当局在保护言论自由方面的作用:波兰PKN Orlen/波兰报业案
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-11-16 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2021.2003999
Cezary Banasiński, Marcin Rojszczak
ABSTRACT For more than 30 years, EU institutions and Member States have been engaged in a dialogue on what measures might be considered appropriate to protect media pluralism. With the increasing globalization of digital services, national legislatures have increasingly recognized the need to actively shape the media market by controlling mergers taking place within it. The aim of this article is to discuss the PKN Orlen/Polska Press case and to explain the role of EU competition authorities in protecting media pluralism. The analysis also seeks to determine whether – and based on which competencies – the EU should counter systemic threats to media independence in Member States. The Polish experience may also be helpful in view of work currently underway on the new Media Freedom Act – EU legislation intended to counteract the growing monopolization of media and ensure its protection as a central pillar of democracy.
摘要30多年来,欧盟机构和成员国一直在就保护媒体多元化的适当措施进行对话。随着数字服务的日益全球化,各国立法机构越来越认识到有必要通过控制媒体市场内部的合并来积极塑造媒体市场。本文旨在讨论PKN Orlen/Polska Press案,并解释欧盟竞争主管部门在保护媒体多元化方面的作用。该分析还试图确定欧盟是否应该应对对成员国媒体独立性的系统性威胁,以及基于哪些能力。鉴于目前正在制定新的《媒体自由法》,波兰的经验也可能有所帮助。《媒体自由法案》是欧盟的一项立法,旨在对抗日益严重的媒体垄断,并确保将其作为民主的核心支柱加以保护。
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引用次数: 3
Curbing Big Tech's IoT dominance 遏制大型科技公司在物联网领域的主导地位
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-10-28 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2021.1995206
C. Hutchinson
ABSTRACT The use of IoT products is increasingly becoming part of the everyday life of citizens in the EU. With the consumer IoT sector braced for rapid growth, the European Commission is concerned that it will be concentrated in a small number of companies. The Commission is particularly wary that Big Tech may leverage their large shares on the voice assistants market to harm developing competitors and consumers. The preliminary report of its inquiry into the consumer IoT sector published in June 2021 shows that many respondents share the Commission’s competition concerns. If, after analyzing the results of the inquiry, the Commission turns up evidence of anti-competitive practices by tech giants, it could initiate investigations against those companies to ensure compliance with EU rules on abuse of dominant position. Nevertheless, some experts doubt whether a crackdown on Big Tech would lead to a more competitive and innovative IoT market.
摘要物联网产品的使用正日益成为欧盟公民日常生活的一部分。随着消费者物联网行业的快速增长,欧盟委员会担心它将集中在少数公司。委员会特别担心,大型科技公司可能会利用其在语音助手市场的巨大份额来伤害发展中的竞争对手和消费者。2021年6月发布的消费者物联网行业调查初步报告显示,许多受访者与委员会一样关注竞争问题。如果在分析调查结果后,委员会发现科技巨头存在反竞争行为的证据,它可以对这些公司展开调查,以确保遵守欧盟关于滥用主导地位的规定。尽管如此,一些专家怀疑,打击大型科技公司是否会带来更具竞争力和创新性的物联网市场。
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The sustainability guidelines of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets: an impetus for a modern EU approach to sustainability and competition policy reflecting the principle that the polluter pays? 荷兰消费者和市场管理局的可持续性指导方针:推动现代欧盟可持续性和竞争政策的做法,反映污染者支付的原则?
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-10-28 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2021.1995227
P. Jansen, S. Beeston, L. Van Acker
ABSTRACT In October 2020, the European Commission (EC) published a call for contributions on how competition rules could support the Green Deal. With this initiative, the EC followed in the footsteps of several national competition authorities which had already issued guidance on competition policy and sustainability initiatives. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) is, to date, the only authority to publish draft Sustainability Guidelines with progressive, practical guidance. In this paper, we explore the extent to which ACM’s Sustainability Guidelines could serve as a source of inspiration for a modern EU approach to sustainability and competition policy. We will conclude that while these Guidelines constitute a clear compromise, ACM has created an intelligent modus operandi to allow for more cooperative sustainability initiatives under the third paragraph of Articles 6 Dutch Competition Act and 101 TFEU without itself having to take decisions about public policy. Sustainability – Green Deal - fair share - polluter pays – ACM - Netherlands - Article 101 TFEU.
2020年10月,欧盟委员会(EC)发布了一份关于竞争规则如何支持绿色协议的呼吁。欧共体采取这一举措,是在追随几个国家竞争主管部门的脚步,这些主管部门已经发布了关于竞争政策和可持续性举措的指导意见。迄今为止,荷兰消费者和市场管理局(ACM)是唯一一个发布可持续发展准则草案的机构,并提供了渐进的实用指导。在本文中,我们探讨了ACM的可持续发展指南在多大程度上可以作为现代欧盟可持续发展和竞争政策方法的灵感来源。我们将得出结论,虽然这些指导方针构成了一个明确的妥协,但ACM已经创造了一种明智的操作方式,允许根据《荷兰竞争法》第6条第3段和101 TFEU进行更多的合作可持续性倡议,而无需自己做出有关公共政策的决定。可持续发展-绿色交易-公平份额-污染者支付- ACM -荷兰-第101条TFEU。
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引用次数: 1
Strengthening effective antitrust enforcement in digital platform markets 加强数字平台市场的有效反垄断执法
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-10-18 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2021.2002589
D. Geradin, Dimitrios Katsifis
ABSTRACT While the initiatives in various jurisdictions to impose ex ante regulation on “digital gatekeepers” – large online platforms that are necessary intermediaries between business users and their customers – have attracted considerable attention, the purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the equally important need to strengthen effective antitrust enforcement in digital markets. The focus is on possible adjustments to the current competition law framework on unilateral conduct. The paper examines four proposals. First, it argues in favour of revisiting the error-cost framework and considering the introduction of presumptions of anticompetitiveness in limited circumstances. Second, it makes the case that competition authorities should make greater use of restorative remedies to reinject lost competition in the market. Third, it discusses the need for greater focus on harms to quality and innovation. Fourth, it argues that when competition has been irreparably harmed, EU competition authorities should consider exploitative cases.
虽然不同司法管辖区对“数字看门人”(作为商业用户和客户之间必要中介的大型在线平台)实施事先监管的举措引起了相当大的关注,但本文的目的是促进对数字市场中加强有效反垄断执法同样重要的必要性的辩论。会议的重点是对现行有关单边行为的竞争法框架进行可能的调整。本文探讨了四种建议。首先,它主张重新审视错误成本框架,并考虑在有限情况下引入反竞争假设。其次,报告提出,竞争管理机构应更多地利用恢复性补救措施,将失去的竞争重新注入市场。第三,它讨论了需要更多地关注对质量和创新的危害。第四,它认为,当竞争受到无法弥补的损害时,欧盟竞争主管部门应考虑剥削案件。
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To what extent does European law ensure a level playing field for fintechs in the payment services sector? 欧洲法律在多大程度上确保了金融科技公司在支付服务领域的公平竞争环境?
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2021.1979776
Amanda Cliffe
ABSTRACT Fintechs are crucial to ensuring Europe’s transition to a digital economy. In its Digital Finance Strategy, the Commission endorses the need to ensure a level playing field in the provision of digital financial services. However, the dominant position that banks hold in the European economy has enabled them to engage in abusive practices, such as the refusal to grant access to data to fintechs. Such a practice could also occur among bigtechs, which are soon to become dominant players in the payment services sphere. The first part of this article pertains to the Payment Services Directive II and to what extent it has contributed towards levelling the playing field between banks and fintechs. The second part of this paper analyses the extent to which provisions of the proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA) could help contribute towards levelling the playing field between bigtechs and fintechs.
摘要金融科技对于确保欧洲向数字经济转型至关重要。在其数字金融战略中,委员会赞同确保提供数字金融服务的公平竞争环境的必要性。然而,银行在欧洲经济中的主导地位使它们能够从事滥用行为,例如拒绝允许金融科技公司访问数据。这种做法也可能发生在大型科技公司中,它们很快就会成为支付服务领域的主导者。本文的第一部分涉及《支付服务指令II》,以及它在多大程度上为银行和金融科技公司之间的公平竞争做出了贡献。本文的第二部分分析了拟议的《数字市场法》(DMA)的条款在多大程度上有助于为大型科技公司和金融科技公司之间的公平竞争环境做出贡献。
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The abstract presumption of harm in the Damages Directive: overconcern of overcompensation 损害赔偿指令中的抽象损害推定:过度赔偿
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-09-26 DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2021.1979777
Peter van Wijck, Franziska Weber
ABSTRACT This paper is focussed on the implementation of the presumption of harm for cartels, as formulated in art. 17.2 of Directive 2014/104/EU. In most Member States the overcharge is presumed to be 0% unless proven otherwise. In two Member States this is 10% and in one it is 20%. These can be considered as three defaults. Damages litigation may lead to under- or overcompensation. Achieving full compensation is rather a coincidence. If harm is de facto substantially lower (higher) than the default, the infringer (victim) has an incentive to prove the actual level of harm. Different choices regarding the presumptions of harm imply a difference in the weighing of under- and overcompensation. A 0% default suggests that preventing overcompensation is the dominant goal. A 10% default will be more effective than a 0% default in serving the compensatory function.
摘要本文主要探讨了损害推定对卡特尔的实施。指令2014/104/EU的17.2。在大多数成员国,除非另有证明,否则假定超额收费为0%。两个会员国为10%,一个为20%。这些可以被视为三种默认值。损害赔偿诉讼可能导致赔偿不足或过多。实现全额补偿是相当巧合的。如果损害事实上大大低于(或高于)违约,侵权人(受害者)就有证明实际损害程度的动机。关于损害推定的不同选择意味着对补偿不足和补偿过度的不同权衡。0%的违约表明,防止过度补偿是主要目标。在服务补偿功能方面,10%的违约将比0%的违约更有效。
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