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Tytuł

Odmówić dostępu czy rozebrać tory? Zakres doktryny essential facilities w prawie UE

ORCID

Mateusz Kaik – 0009-0007-9701-8926

Keywords

essential facilities doctrine; refusal to supply; abuse of a dominant position; competition law; Court of Justice of the European Union; Supreme Court of the United States

Słowa kluczowe

doktryna essential facilities; odmowa dostaw; nadużycie pozycji dominującej; prawo konkurencji; Trybunał Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej; Sąd Najwyższy Stanów Zjednoczonych

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to determine the scope of the essential facilities doctrine for single firm conduct in the area of EU law. The analysis of this issue was carried out using the following methods: dogmatic, comparative and historical. Based on the economic foundations of competition law, a set of boundary conditions for imposing an obligation on the undertaking occupying dominant position to provide facilities in order to protect downstream competition was formulated. This was followed by a review of key decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the essential facilities doctrine, which concluded that its scope went beyond outright refusal of supply. In turn, an analysis of CJEU case law and EU soft law led to the conclusion that the scope of the obligation to supply was broadened under EU law, in contrast to its evolution in the United States. The abovementioned studies allowed the conclusion that the doctrine of essential facilities under EU law is applicable not only in the situation of an outright refusal to supply, but also in the case of at least a constructive refusal.

Abstrakt

The purpose of this article is to determine the scope of the essential facilities doctrine for single firm conduct in the area of EU law. The analysis of this issue was carried out using the dogmatic, comparative and historical research methods. Based on the economic foundations of competition law, a set of boundary conditions was formulated for imposing on a dominant undertaking an obligation to provide facilities in order to protect downstream competition. This was followed by a review of key rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States on the essential facilities doctrine, which concluded that its scope went beyond outright refusal of supply. In turn, an analysis of CJEU case law and EU soft law led to the conclusion that the scope of the obligation to supply was broadened under EU law, in contrast to its evolution in the United States. The abovementioned studies allowed the conclusion to be drawn that the doctrine of essential facilities under EU law is applicable not only in the situation of an outright refusal to supply, but also in the case of at least a constructive refusal.

Acknowledgments

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First Page

124

Last Page

137

Page Count

14

DOI

10.7172/2299-5749.IKAR.3.14.9

JEL Code

K21, K23

Publisher

Uniwersytet Warszawski

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