Saving Sustainability Agreements - A Critical Analysis of the New Sustainability Chapter in the European Commission's Draft Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
(2022) JAEM01 20221Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract
- This thesis analyzes the European Commission’s new draft revised Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements, published 1 March 2022, from the perspective of sustainability agreements. The Draft Horizontal Guidelines have introduced a dedicated chapter on agreements pursuing sustainability objectives and how their compliance under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be assessed. The purpose of this thesis is to critically analyze the new guidance, attempting in particular to answer the question: Do the revised Draft Horizontal Guidelines allow sufficient room for the conclusion of sustainability agreements, or to what extent should they be further revised? Via an in-depth analysis of the... (More)
- This thesis analyzes the European Commission’s new draft revised Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements, published 1 March 2022, from the perspective of sustainability agreements. The Draft Horizontal Guidelines have introduced a dedicated chapter on agreements pursuing sustainability objectives and how their compliance under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be assessed. The purpose of this thesis is to critically analyze the new guidance, attempting in particular to answer the question: Do the revised Draft Horizontal Guidelines allow sufficient room for the conclusion of sustainability agreements, or to what extent should they be further revised? Via an in-depth analysis of the Guidelines, both improvements and shortcomings are identified, ultimately leading to the conclusion that while the Draft Horizontal Guidelines introduce valuable guidance and promote the conclusion of sustainability agreements in some respects, they also excessively hinder beneficial cooperation in other aspects and thus require further revision. (Less)
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- author
- Malmi, Sanna Henriikka Julia LU
- supervisor
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- Julian Nowag LU
- organization
- course
- JAEM01 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 9097904
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abstract = {{This thesis analyzes the European Commission’s new draft revised Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements, published 1 March 2022, from the perspective of sustainability agreements. The Draft Horizontal Guidelines have introduced a dedicated chapter on agreements pursuing sustainability objectives and how their compliance under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be assessed. The purpose of this thesis is to critically analyze the new guidance, attempting in particular to answer the question: Do the revised Draft Horizontal Guidelines allow sufficient room for the conclusion of sustainability agreements, or to what extent should they be further revised? Via an in-depth analysis of the Guidelines, both improvements and shortcomings are identified, ultimately leading to the conclusion that while the Draft Horizontal Guidelines introduce valuable guidance and promote the conclusion of sustainability agreements in some respects, they also excessively hinder beneficial cooperation in other aspects and thus require further revision.}},
author = {{Malmi, Sanna Henriikka Julia}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Saving Sustainability Agreements - A Critical Analysis of the New Sustainability Chapter in the European Commission's Draft Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements}},
year = {{2022}},
}