E-COMMERCE IN THE EU: THE NEW RULES ON VERTICAL RESTRAINTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNET RETAILING
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Abstract
The development of Internet retailing implies the presence of competing interests among the participants of the supply chain and requires regulation of vertical restraints. As government regulation of the vertical restraints due to their possible anticompetitive effects, then the change in the nature of competition requires a review of applicable regulations, which were adopted on June 1, 2010 in the EU. The new rules of regulation on the vertical restraints will remain in place until 2022.
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Shalashova M. E-COMMERCE IN THE EU: THE NEW RULES ON VERTICAL RESTRAINTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNET RETAILING. Journal of Modern Competition. 2012;(2):60-68. EDN: OWVGMJ
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