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Review of the application of Article 82 - in search of a sound economics
Pražský, Ondřej ; Stuna, Stanislav (advisor) ; Boháček, Martin (referee) ; Zemplinerová, Alena (referee) ; Munková, Jindřiška (referee)
European competition law originated after the end of the Second World War as a part of treaties instrumental to the European integration process and it evolved through secondary law and jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice from an international trade provision into its modern and truly general form. European Commission in it its endeavor to modernize competition law presents a review of the application of Article 82. The goal of the review is to base the policy on a sound economic framework, to aim on effects of abusive conduct rather than on its form and finally to focus mainly on the most important competition problems. This thesis advocates the necessity of an economic analysis while assessing the possible abuse of dominant position in concrete cases and therefore welcomes proclaimed goals of the review. Conversely it criticizes the insufficient fulfillment of these goals, which is in our view, mainly due to misunderstanding of the operation of market mechanism. Economics is in its most generalized form a complex science of purposeful human action. It is therefore not a toolbox, from which one could ad hoc take models or theories in order to assess the abuse of dominant position in real-world cases. This naive approach often leads authorities to make unsound or paradox rulings. We demonstrate the indispensability of correctly understanding the market mechanism in referencing the famous Microsoft case. Industries of the New Economy are characterized by strong network effects and a high portion of fixed costs, which makes the firms often compete "for the market" instead of "on the market". The corollary high market share is not in our view a manifestation of a monopoly position, which could be exploited using monopoly price. Modern economy explains how potential competition forces these highly efficient firms to continuously invest into new technologies and how it pushes down the price of final products. On the other hand, recourse to ad hoc doctrines or non adequate economic models may lead to erroneous assessment of abuse of dominant position.
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Misleading advertising and FMCG
Teprtová, Irena ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Postler, Milan (referee)
The theoretical part is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with competition, the second chapter is about Czech law advertising regulation and about Community law. The third chapter describes misleading advertising and the fourth chapter deals with FMCG. The practical part analyzes current ads. The first chapter describes the method of analysis. The second chapter deals with use of misleading and the third chapter analyzes misuse of truthful information in advertising. The last chapter focuses on the advertising hyperbole.
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Competition Law in Russian Federation
Levý, Jan ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Vozáb, Jakub (referee)
The thesis deals with competition law (law on unlawful restriction of competition as well as unfair competition) in Russian Federation, it particularly compares Russian and Czech law. Its content is first a brief introduction to Russian competition law, sources of law etc. Next chapters are devoted to basic concepts of this branch of law. Law about abuse of dominant position, cartels, control of mergers, and unfair competition has been analysed. The last chapter deals with the supervision in the disucussed area.
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Contracompetitive decisions of contracting entities
Vršecký, Radek ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Kotoučová, Jiřina (referee) ; Marek, Karel (referee) ; Krč, Robert (referee)
The thesis deals with typical decisions made by contracting entities which restrict the competition among economic operators. The thesis analyses the typical mistakes which are made by the contract entities in awarding procedures. The causes of mistakes being made by contracting entities can be summarized into three groups. Into the first group belong conscious mistakes. For these mistakes shall be contracting entities` agents held responsible. Into the second group belong mistakes in planning. Mistakes from the third group are made as a consequence of lack of professional skills. None of these mistakes can be prevented just by an amendment to the Act on Public Contracts. Any proposal of an amendment solving the lack of professional skills shall consider also all connected negative effects; mainly additional time demands, financial costs and the risk of underfinanced praxis turning into formalism. Professionally skilled agents are usually more careful when they apply the Act on Public Contracts because they are aware of legal risks. Considering current limited budget resources it should be decided whether to put stress on cooperation with internal or external experts. The author recommends internal experts because external experts do not do their best if they are aware of the fact being not controlled effectively by internal experts. However the current Act on Public Contracts is not perfect, the duties laid by it are enforced successfully. Considering a new amendment also the legal theory shall be taken into account. The author presumes similarity of preventing of breaches against the Act on Public Contracts and of preventing of crimes. The most important factor preventing from criminality is to be aware that the punishment is inescapable, not its rates. The author points out also the opinion of the general theory of law according to which a new act is to be passed only if there is an objective necessary need. It should not to be passed by a fortuity or because of subjective views. There should be also a time space between the amendments. There was an amendment to Act on Public Contracts approved in 2010 and European Union currently prepares amending of awarding directives. The author therefore prefers improving the praxis of awarding in the Czech Republic by granting additional human resources to the Office for the Protection of Competition to passing of another amendment to the Act on Public Contracts. The scope of the Act on Public Contracts is also not convenient for amending a list of contract clauses which are not allowed to be concluded by contracting entities. There are two reasons. Contracting entities are constituted by various groups of subjects and contracts selling their property are outside the scope of the Act on Public Contracts. Contracting entities should use standard awarding procedure to promote competition among economic operators. They should concentrate on exactness of tender conditions. A good prevention to mistakes in awarding procedure is also good planning and skilled human recourses of contracting entities.
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Problems of advertising in business and ecomonic competition within the frame of European Union
KUPSOVÁ, Jitka
Objectives of this thesis is concentrate on problems of advertising in business and economic competition within the frame of EU. Thesis analyse advertising as such. In this thesis, there is a description of notion advertising, history of advertising, functions, objectives{\dots}etc. Consenquently there is a description of medium for advertising. In Czech republic, the advertising is legally regulate by public law and by private law. At the same time, it use also nonlegal instruments for regulation. It is self-regulation by the help of Ethics code. Ethics code is published by RPR (Rada pro reklamu). It watch over ethics and mind of advertising. Unfair competition is behaviour in economic competition, which is in violation of good manners and is qualified to evocate injury of others competitors or consumer. Unfair competition is for example false advertising, embracery, impeachment{\dots}etc. Economic competition is regulate and controlled by ÚOHS (Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže). It create condititons for subvention and protection. Competition law is used in case of violation against conditions of economic competition. It is for example abuse of dominant position, association of competitors or forbidden agreements. Within the frame of law, it exists sanctions for protections againts infringement of economic competition and unfair competititon. Concerning advertising in the European Union, it is analogous to advertising in Czech republic. For regulation, there is many EC directives regulating advertising.
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Selected legal instruments used in the enforcement process of cartel agreements
Šemora, Vítězslav ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Raus, David (referee)
The focal point of the dissertation is the term of cartel, which could be described as agreements distorting competition concluded by competitors on the horizontal level of the market, and, above all, legal instruments which are used in the process of detecting and punishing cartels. In particular, the dissertation thesis deals with three of possible instruments used in the enforcement process of cartels, i.e. with dawn rides (unannounced on-the-spot inspections/investigations carried out in business and non-business premises), sanctions and sanction policies and with the leniency programs. These instruments are generally thought to be the most important and most effective tools in the enforcement process of cartels and necessary precondition of efficiency of competition law itself. In accordance with the topic, the dissertation thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is concerned with theoretical and normative definitions of agreements distorting competition and cartels. The main purpose of this part is to provide basic characteristics of these terms and to describe them in a way which will create a basement for explanation of the three legal instruments, which form the focal point of the thesis. Second, fundamental part of the dissertation, deals with commentary to selected legal instruments, mentions already above. In particular it consists of three chapters, each one dealing with one of the instruments in question. In the final part of the dissertation are introduced conclusions and evaluations of the three legal instruments and also some proposals pro futuro.
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Legal Matters of the Electronic Communications Market
Šenoltová, Zuzana ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Sedláček, Václav (referee)
The graduation thesis "Legal Matters of the Electronic Communications Market" maps the complete system of the economic, historic and particularly the legal consequences of the contemporary conception of the regulation of the e-communications market. It is focused primarily on the relationship between the ex ante regulation and the ex post remedy of the market failure, it monitors the development of how the public interest in providing these services has developed with the reference to the universal service, and it provides a detailed analysis of the new European regulatory framework of the e-communications market that has been accepted in November 2009.
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Comparison of English and Australian cartel law
Šach, Petr ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Vozáb, Jakub (referee)
Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na kartelové právo formou srovnání australské a české úpravy. Přibližuje základní principy australského kartelového práva, obsahuje výklad nejdůležitějsích pojmů - relevantní trh, tržní síla a soutěžitel - dle australské i české úpravy. Pojednává o institucionálním rámci kartelového práva z pohledu obou úprav a přibližuje rozdíly regulace dohod narušujících soutěž, zneužití dominantního postavení a spojování soutěžitelů.
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Collective Dominance in Competition Law
Žáčková, Soňa ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Malířská, Zuzana (referee)
Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na kolektivní dominanci v soutěžním právu. Charakterizuje prameny právní úpravy a vývoj pojmu kolektivní dominance jako takového. Dále se zabývá srovnáním kolektivní dominance s jednáním ve vzájemné shodě. Jako nejdůležitější pramen kolektivní dominance identifikuje judikaturu (především na evropské úrovni), jejíž analýze je věnována značná pozornost. V závěru shrnuje důsledky vývoje judikatury na vývoj konceptu kolektivní dominance se zaměřením na praktickou stránku ? zda je či není nutné při prokazování kolektivní dominance prokázat existenci ekonomických vazeb mezi soutěžiteli.
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Abuse of a Dominant Position in the Czech and EC Law
Šimandlová, Michaela ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Jakl, Ladislav (referee)
Práce srovnává platnou právní úpravu ČR a ES jedné z oblastí ochrany hospodářské soutěže - dominantního postavení na trhu a jeho zneužití. Vysvětluje zákonem používané pojmy a zaměřuje se na rozbor jednotlivých skutkových podstat zneužití dominantního postavení ve vztahu k právu komunitárnímu. Dále jsou v práci navrženy některé změny českého zákona o ochraně hospodářské soutěže, aby lépe odpovídal právu ES.
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