FTAO Competition Law and Sustainaibility Initiative discussion paper & action plan
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In recent years the antitrust community has been debating whether the focus of EU competition law is limited to consumer surplus and consumer welfare; or there are other values like fairness and social welfare that need to form part of the authorities’ analysis.
3 December 2018
The Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) advocates that “sustainability” should be recognised as one of these goals and should be given due weight in any competition law assessment.
The forum to be held on 6 December in Brussels is intended as brainstorming opportunity among people supporting FTAO, from their respective disciplines. The present discussion paper seeks to prepare the way for that brainstorming. The paper aims to identify (a) potential routes for further action in establishing sustainability as a factor in the agencies’ competitive analysis, and (b) an action plan for practical implementation.
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