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2011, 4(5)
Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka (ed.
), Orzecznictwo sądów wspólnotowych
w sprawach konkurencji w latach 2004–2009
[Jurisprudence of the European Community Courts in competition matters
in years 2004–2009],
Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa 2010, 388 p.
The publication under review here edited by Dr.
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka (ed. ), Orzecznictwo sądów wspólnotowych w sprawach konkurencji w latach 2004–2009 [Jurisprudence of the European Community Courts in competition matters in years 2004–2009], Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa 2010, 388 p. The publication under review here edited by Dr. Agata Jurkowska–Gomułka from the University of Warsaw (Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies) is a collection of case studies concerning European competition law prepared by a number of individual authors both academics and practitioners. As a presentation of landmark judgments of EU courts, it is a continuation of the 2007 publication entitled: Jurisprudence of the European Community Courts in competition matters in years 1964- 2004 edited by Professor Tadeusz Skoczny and Dr. Agata Jurkowska (hereafter, Volume I). The current book (hereinafter, Volume II), commences with 1 May 2004 – an important date for this publication for two key reasons: first, because of its correlation w
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2010 Legislative Developments in Telecommunications
by
Kamil Kosmala*
I.
Amendments to the Polish Telecommunications law
The Act from 9 April 2010 on the amendment of the Telecommunications
Law Act1 (in Polish: Prawo Telekomunikacyjne; hereafter, PT) introduced a broad
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) 2010 Legislative Developments in Telecommunications by Kamil Kosmala* I. Amendments to the Polish Telecommunications law The Act from 9 April 2010 on the amendment of the Telecommunications Law Act1 (in Polish: Prawo Telekomunikacyjne; hereafter, PT) introduced a broad range of changes concerning the principles in accordance to which telecoms services are to be provided to end users in Poland. It is important to stress first the change in the definition of a ‘subscriber’ [Article 2(1) PT]. Accordingly, every entity that is party to an agreement for the provision of telecoms services concluded with a provider of publicly available telecoms services, irrespective of whether the agreement is concluded in a written or any other form, is now considered a ‘subscriber’. This amendment results from the ECJ judgment of 22 anuary 20092. The Court declared therein that the limitation of the definition of a ‘subscriber’ to entities that are party to written telecoms agreemen
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Mr Hoefner, Mr Elser, Please Welcome to Poland.
Some Comments on the Polish Healthcare System Reform
from the Perspective of State Aid Law
by
Łukasz Grzejdziak*
CONTENTS
I.
Introductory remarks
II.
The nature of the activities performed by commercial companies
created from the transformation of IPHFs
1.
Types of...
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) Mr Hoefner, Mr Elser, Please Welcome to Poland. Some Comments on the Polish Healthcare System Reform from the Perspective of State Aid Law by Łukasz Grzejdziak* CONTENTS I. Introductory remarks II. The nature of the activities performed by commercial companies created from the transformation of IPHFs 1. Types of activity pursued by IPHFs and companies created from their transformation 2. The notion of economic activity in the jurisprudence of European courts 3 The nature of the activity of Polish public hospitals III. Waiver of debt of IPHFs and the distortion or threat of distortion of competition IV. Waiver of debt of IPHFs and the effect on trade between Member States V. Conclusions Abstract The purpose of this paper is to verify the hypothesis that a debt write-off implemented recently by Polish authorities in favour of public hospitals constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union. The pa
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Fines for Failure to Cooperate within Antitrust Proceedings
– the Ultimate Weapon for Antitrust Authorities?
by
Konrad Stolarski*
CONTENTS
I.
Introduction
II.
Grounds and the level of fine imposition on the basis of the Polish
Competition Act, Regulation 1/2003 and Regulation 139/2004
III.
Initiation of...
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) Fines for Failure to Cooperate within Antitrust Proceedings – the Ultimate Weapon for Antitrust Authorities? by Konrad Stolarski* CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Grounds and the level of fine imposition on the basis of the Polish Competition Act, Regulation 1/2003 and Regulation 139/2004 III. Initiation of proceedings IV. Hereto fines imposed by the UOKiK President and the Commission 1. Decisions of the UOKiK President 2. Decisions of the Commission V. Fine graduation VI. Conclusions Abstract The aim of this article is to analyse a powerful competence available to antitrust authorities in Europe in the form of the imposition of fines for the failure to cooperate within antitrust proceedings. While fines of that type are imposed in practice very rarely, the article considers the existing decisional practice of the Polish antitrust authority as well as the European Commission, and presents the way in which their approach has evolved throughout the years. The artic
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Powers of Inspection of the Polish Competition Authority.
Question of Proportionality
by
Maciej Bernatt*
CONTENTS
I.
Introduction
II.
Limitations of rights and freedoms
III.
Proportionality safeguards in Polish competition proceedings
IV.
Distinction between a control and a search
V.
Prior notice of an...
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) Powers of Inspection of the Polish Competition Authority. Question of Proportionality by Maciej Bernatt* CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Limitations of rights and freedoms III. Proportionality safeguards in Polish competition proceedings IV. Distinction between a control and a search V. Prior notice of an inspection VI. Inspections during explanatory proceedings VII. Right of complaint and judicial control 1. Objections under the Act on the Freedom of Economic Activity 2. Prior judicial control 3. Subsequent judicial control VIII. Conclusions Abstract The principle of proportionality applies to competition proceedings especially, when it comes to the exercise by the competition authority of its powers of inspection. Their use limits the economic freedom and right to privacy of the scrutinised undertakings in order to protect free competition. The use of inspection powers must thus be proportionate and remain the least onerous possible for the inspected compa
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C O N F E R E N C E R E P O R T
New Amendments Introduced to European Union Competition Law
Due to the Expiration of Block Exemption Regulations
Conference at Łazarski University.
Report.
On 7 June 2010, a conference under the title New Amendments Introduced to
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) C O N F E R E N C E R E P O R T New Amendments Introduced to European Union Competition Law Due to the Expiration of Block Exemption Regulations Conference at Łazarski University. Report. On 7 June 2010, a conference under the title New Amendments Introduced to European Union Competition Law Due to the Expiration of Block Exemption Regulations took place at the Lazarski University in Warsaw. The conference was opened by Professor Zbigniew Lasocik, the Dean of the Law Faculty of the Lazarski University, who started his speech by introducing the University and emphasizing the Faculty of Law’s aim to ensure high quality legal education. During the conference, four panels addressed the following issues: 1) EU competition law – reform and why? 2) Pricing strategies and self-compliance procedures; 3) The economic approach to distribution law of the European Union – myth or necessity? 4) The future of EU competition law in relation to the distribution sector. The confere
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B I B L I O G R A P H Y 2 0 1 0
Books (2010)
Adamkiewicz-Drwiłło H.
G.
, Konkurencyjność przedsiębiorstw w świetle uwarunkowań
współczesnej gospodarki [Competitiveness of companies in the context of conditions of
modern economy], TNOiK, Toruń 2010.
Czernicki F.
, Skoczny T.
(eds), Usługi portów lotniczych...
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) B I B L I O G R A P H Y 2 0 1 0 Books (2010) Adamkiewicz-Drwiłło H. G. , Konkurencyjność przedsiębiorstw w świetle uwarunkowań współczesnej gospodarki [Competitiveness of companies in the context of conditions of modern economy], TNOiK, Toruń 2010. Czernicki F. , Skoczny T. (eds), Usługi portów lotniczych w Unii Europejskiej i w Polsce a prawo konkurencji i regulacje lotniskowe [Airport services in the European Union and Poland – competition law and airports regulations], Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2010. Dudzik S. , Współpraca Komisji Europejskiej z organami ochrony konkurencji w sprawach kontroli koncentracji przedsiębiorstw [Co-operation of the European Commission and national competition authorities in cases of control of concentration], Wolters Kluwer Polska – OFICYNA, Warszawa 2010. Grzymała Z. , Restrukturyzacja sektora komunalnego w Polsce [Restructuring of comunal sector in Poland], Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH,
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Intersection between the activities of two regulators
– shall prior actions taken by the National Telecoms Regulator exclude
the ability to intervene by the Competition Authority?
Case comments to the judgment of the Supreme Court of 17 March 2010 –
Telekomunikacja Polska S.
A.
(Ref.
No.
III SK 41/09)...
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) Intersection between the activities of two regulators – shall prior actions taken by the National Telecoms Regulator exclude the ability to intervene by the Competition Authority? Case comments to the judgment of the Supreme Court of 17 March 2010 – Telekomunikacja Polska S. A. (Ref. No. III SK 41/09) Background The commented judgment of the Polish Supreme Court concerns Telekomunikacja Polska S. A. (hereafter, TPSA)1 and the fines imposed upon the incumbent operator by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (in Polish: Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów; hereafter, UOKiK) for the abuse of its dominant position. TPSA is a Polish telecoms provider formally established in 1991. It is a public company – its shares are traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with the controlling stake owned by France Télécom2. TPSA is often the subject of competition law decisions issued not only by the UOKiK President but also by the European Commission
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Polish Antitrust Experience with Hub-and-Spoke Conspiracies
by
Antoni Bolecki*
CONTENTS
I.
Definition of conduct known as ‘hub-and-spoke’
II.
Hub-and-spoke – legal decisions in other jurisdictions
III.
Detailed reconstruction of hub-and-spoke practices in Polish cases –
PCW (2006), Tikkurila (2010) and Akzo...
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) Polish Antitrust Experience with Hub-and-Spoke Conspiracies by Antoni Bolecki* CONTENTS I. Definition of conduct known as ‘hub-and-spoke’ II. Hub-and-spoke – legal decisions in other jurisdictions III. Detailed reconstruction of hub-and-spoke practices in Polish cases – PCW (2006), Tikkurila (2010) and Akzo Nobel (2010) IV. Hub-and-spoke – independent practice or element of another practice? V. ‘Hub’ as the initiator of the agreement VI. Standard of proof VII. Duration VIII. Conclusions Abstract A hub-and-spoke conspiracy involves an exchange of confidential information primarily concerning future prices. The exchange takes place generally between competing distributors via a common supplier but a reverse relationship is also possible. The essence of hub-and-spoke lies in the fact that there is no direct contact between competitors – the party guaranteeing the information flow is normally the common supplier (distributor in a reverse scenario). A hub-and-spo
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Simple procedural infraction or a serious obstruction of antitrust
proceedings – are fines in the region of 30-million EURO justified?
Case comment to the decisions of the President of the Office for
Competition and Consumer Protection of 4 November 2010
Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Sp.
z o.
o.
(DOK-9/2010)
and of 24...
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VOL. 2011, 4(5) Simple procedural infraction or a serious obstruction of antitrust proceedings – are fines in the region of 30-million EURO justified? Case comment to the decisions of the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection of 4 November 2010 Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Sp. z o. o. (DOK-9/2010) and of 24 February 2011 Polkomtel SA (DOK-1/2011) Facts This case comment concerns two decisions issued by the Polish antitrust authority with respect to inspections carried out in December 2009 as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation relating to the Polish mobile television market. Simultaneous inspections were carried out in the premises of five Polish telecom companies: Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Sp. z o. o. (PTC), Polkomtel SA (Polkomtel), P4 Sp. z o. o. , InfoTV-FM Sp. z o. o. and NFI Magna Polonia S. A. The first decision (DOK-9/2010) was issued by the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (in Polish: Urząd Ochrony Konkurencj
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