Detailed Information on Publication Record
2024
Resale Price Maintenance Practices as a Continuing Offence
KOUKAL, Pavel and Michal JEŽEKBasic information
Original name
Resale Price Maintenance Practices as a Continuing Offence
Name in Czech
Uzavírání dohod o přímém určení cen pro další prodej jako pokračující přestupek
Authors
KOUKAL, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Michal JEŽEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
GRUR International, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2024, 2632-8623
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku (nerecenzovaný)
Field of Study
50501 Law
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
References:
Organization unit
Faculty of Law
Keywords (in Czech)
nekalá soutěž; kartelové dohody; přestupky; správní právo
Keywords in English
unfair competition; cartel agreements; offences; administrative law
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 5/8/2024 14:24, Mgr. Michal Ježek
Abstract
V originále
This case note discusses a decision by the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic in the case of BABY DIREKT, which dealt with resale price maintenance practices as a violation of competition law. The Competition Office found BABY DIREKT responsible for committing an offence which arose from the determination and implementation of agreements aimed at increasing the prices of children’s products for sale to end consumers to the minimum resale prices. A future ban was issued and a fine was imposed on BABY DIREKT. The courts dealt with the matter of distinguishing between continuing and lasting offence and with the necessity to identify every individual act constituting a continuing offence (i.e. each of the alleged cartel agreements). The decision emphasizes that in administrative measures against resale price maintenance practices, the competition authority is required to demonstrate that there was an agreement of intent between the supplier and its distributors. Moreover, it must detail every individual act, making it possible to ascertain mutual consent between all contracting parties, thereby confirming the establishment and implementation of cartel agreements.