Defining the Leeway for Business Cooperation: Remaining Peculiarities under German Competition Law after Its Europeanisation

final version in Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris and Carmen Estevan de Quesada (eds), Cooperación empresarial y derecho de la competencia / Buisness cooperation and competition law, Tirant lo Blanch (Valencia) 2019, 147–173

27 Pages Posted: 29 Mar 2017 Last revised: 10 Jul 2023

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Jens-Uwe Franck

University of Mannheim - Department of Law

Date Written: March 29, 2017

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of remaining national peculiarities after the alignment of the German competition law rules on cooperation between businesses with EU competition law. The focus lies on Section 3 of the German Competition Act which provides firms with extended leeway for cooperation in order to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, the paper explores to what extent Section 30 of the German Competition Act exempts certain forms of cooperation that concern the distribution of newspapers and magazines from the prohibition of restrictive agreements pursuant to Section 1 of the German Competition Act and (partly even) Article 101 TFEU.

Keywords: Antitrust, Competition Law, EU Law, German Law, SMEs

JEL Classification: K21, L41, L42

Suggested Citation

Franck, Jens-Uwe, Defining the Leeway for Business Cooperation: Remaining Peculiarities under German Competition Law after Its Europeanisation (March 29, 2017). final version in Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris and Carmen Estevan de Quesada (eds), Cooperación empresarial y derecho de la competencia / Buisness cooperation and competition law, Tirant lo Blanch (Valencia) 2019, 147–173, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2942777 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2942777

Jens-Uwe Franck (Contact Author)

University of Mannheim - Department of Law ( email )

Schloss Westflügel
Mannheim, 68131
Germany

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