WorksheetsSustainability & Competition Law
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 5mins
What sustainability dimension is covered by the new sustainability exemption in the Austrian Cartel Act?
Economic sustainability
Environmental sustainability
Social sustainability
Sustainable cooperations between competing companies can only be exempted from the cartel ban according to Austrian law, if the cooperation falls under the sustainability exemption.
True
False
Neither true nor false - it depends on the number of companies participating in the cooperation.
Which condition of § 2 (1) Cartel Act was modified for sustainability agreements?
Efficiency gain (innovative step)
Passing on of a fair share of the efficiency gain to consumers
Restriction of competition is indispensable
No elemination of remaining competition
If a cooperation, which affects trade between EU Member States, falls under the Austrian sustainability exemption, there is still a need to assess whether it complies with EU Law.
True
False
Who assesses whether a planned cooperation complies with the Austrian Cartel Act?
Mandatory the Austrian Federal Competition Authority
Mandatory the Austrian Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor
Self-assessment by the companies
Mandatory the European Commission
What does the Substantiality Criterion balance?
The positive and the negative effects of the cooperation on the market
The positive and the negative effects of the cooperation outside the market
The number of lawyers and the number of economists working on the case
The number of companies in the market participating and not participating
