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Sustainability agreements and EU competition law – solution by the new Guidelines?

Karjalainen, Lena Viola LU (2022) JAEM03 20221
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
As a result of the global battle against climate change and thereby the new, green EU objectives, the Commission has finally published its revised draft Guidelines on Horizontal co-operation agreements. The Guidelines now include a Chapter dedicated to sustainability agreements. This Thesis aims at clarifying on how environmental aspects can be taken into account in the competition law assessment of horizontal cooperation agreements, especially in the context of the new draft Horizontal Guidelines and the Chapter 9 thereof. More specifically, the Thesis discusses which changes the new Guidelines introduce, and which challenges they entail, suggesting some points for further consideration before the final version is adopted. Finally, it is... (More)
As a result of the global battle against climate change and thereby the new, green EU objectives, the Commission has finally published its revised draft Guidelines on Horizontal co-operation agreements. The Guidelines now include a Chapter dedicated to sustainability agreements. This Thesis aims at clarifying on how environmental aspects can be taken into account in the competition law assessment of horizontal cooperation agreements, especially in the context of the new draft Horizontal Guidelines and the Chapter 9 thereof. More specifically, the Thesis discusses which changes the new Guidelines introduce, and which challenges they entail, suggesting some points for further consideration before the final version is adopted. Finally, it is concluded that while the new Guidelines provide a step towards the right direction, there remains a lot to do in the context of sustainability agreements and competition law. (Less)
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Karjalainen, Lena Viola LU
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organization
course
JAEM03 20221
year
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H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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language
English
id
9099913
date added to LUP
2022-09-15 08:14:04
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2022-09-15 08:14:04
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  abstract     = {{As a result of the global battle against climate change and thereby the new, green EU objectives, the Commission has finally published its revised draft Guidelines on Horizontal co-operation agreements. The Guidelines now include a Chapter dedicated to sustainability agreements. This Thesis aims at clarifying on how environmental aspects can be taken into account in the competition law assessment of horizontal cooperation agreements, especially in the context of the new draft Horizontal Guidelines and the Chapter 9 thereof. More specifically, the Thesis discusses which changes the new Guidelines introduce, and which challenges they entail, suggesting some points for further consideration before the final version is adopted. Finally, it is concluded that while the new Guidelines provide a step towards the right direction, there remains a lot to do in the context of sustainability agreements and competition law.}},
  author       = {{Karjalainen, Lena Viola}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Sustainability agreements and EU competition law – solution by the new Guidelines?}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}