European Competition Enforcement and the Digital Economy: The Birthplace of Precautionary Antitrust
55 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2020
Date Written: November 11, 2020
Abstract
In Section I of this paper, I examine the origins or seeds of precautionary antitrust by revisiting enforcement by European administrative competition agencies in digital markets. In Section II, I explain how this ideology was embraced, advocated, and advanced in several “tech reports” representing the blossoming of the precautionary principle. I conclude in Section III, by proposing the reinstatement and further development of tools that protect the legal and economic rationale of antitrust, as recognized by European courts.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Portuese, Aurelien, European Competition Enforcement and the Digital Economy: The Birthplace of Precautionary Antitrust (November 11, 2020). The Global Antitrust Institute Report on the Digital Economy 17, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3733715 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3733715
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