El ámbito de Aplicación Subjetivo de la LDC y la Condena de la Junta Andalucía en el Cártel de las Uvas y del Mosto de Jerez: Comentario a la RCNC de 6 de Octubre de 2011, Exp. S/0167/09 (The Scope of Application of the Spanish Competition Act: The Conviction of Andalucia's Regional Deparment of Agriculture & Fisheries by the Spanish Competition Commission in Decision S/0167/09 of October 6, 2011 for Its Role in the Jerez Grapes and Grape Must Cartel)

Abstract:     
The Decision of the Spanish National Competition Commission of 6 October 2011 convicts Andalucia’s Regional Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for its involvement in the Jerez grapes and grape must’s cartel. This administrative ruling is an erroneous extension of the personal scope of the competition rules contained both in the Spanish Competition Act and in the EU Functioning Treaty. The Department’s conduct was reprehensible, but the Spanish Competition Commission is not legally entitled to sanction an irregular or diverted exercise of public powers that favors or promotes a cartel.

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Number of Pages in PDF File: 16

Keywords: Competition Law, Competition Policy, Spain, Cartel, Public Authorities

JEL Classification: K20, K21, L44, Q13

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