Key Legislative and Jurisprudential Developments of Polish Antitrust Law in 2012

Abstract

This article has two objectives. First, it presents the most important developments of Polish antitrust legislation of 2012. These include recent amendments to legal provisions on judicial antitrust proceedings contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, and some novel issues in the area of non-binding guidelines of the Polish NCA, the UOKiK President. Second, the article introduces key developments in Polish competition law jurisprudence of 2012. It characterises selected rulings delivered by the Polish Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals in Warsaw and the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection. Judgments are divided according to their subject matter.

Keywords

• antitrust legislation
• judicial antitrust proceedings
• guidelines
• antitrust jurisprudence
• anticompetitive agreements
• abuse of a dominant position
• concentrations; fines