Una Experiencia Comparada Del Derecho Antitrust: La Defensa Passing-on (A Comparative Experience of the Antitrust Law: The Passing-on Defence)

28 Pages Posted: 7 Apr 2015

Date Written: April 6, 2015

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: El artículo presenta la passing-on defence como argumento de defensa de las empresas demandadas en el marco de procesos de reparación por daños y perjuicios surgidos de infracciones a las normas de libre competencia, haciendo referencia a las experiencias y actualidad de la figura en Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea, en busca de extraer el catálogo de beneficios e inconveniencias que apareja en la construcción de un sistema de defensa de la competencia que le acoja.

English Abstract: The article discusses the passing-on defence as an argument in favour of the cartel member during a liability process founded in violations of the antitrust rules. In particular, it refers to the experiences and the current situation of the argument in the United States and the European Union, and presents a catalogue of benefits and drawbacks that it may be useful for an antitrust system that adopt it.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Keywords: Derecho de la competencia, acciones de daños, la defensa passing-on, Antitrust Law, damages claims, passing–on defence.

JEL Classification: K21, K33, K42

Suggested Citation

Soto Pineda, Jesús, Una Experiencia Comparada Del Derecho Antitrust: La Defensa Passing-on (A Comparative Experience of the Antitrust Law: The Passing-on Defence) (April 6, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2590642 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2590642

Jesús Soto Pineda (Contact Author)

Universidad Externado de Colombia ( email )

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