Brussels, 07/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - An agreement intended to exclude a competitor is contrary to the competition rules even if the competitor is operating unlawfully on the market. EU competition rules aim to protect competitors, but also the market and competition itself.
This will the essence of a ruling issued on Thursday 7 February 2012 in case C-68/12 by the European Court of Justice, answering a query from the Slovakian supreme court about cartels under EU law. In the case in...