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Username Password Forgot ? | Register Today News Legal Updates Find a Lawyer Doing Business in Lithuania Forums Websites Search:  All Laws News Legal Updates Find a Lawyer Doing Business in Lithuania Forums   Legal Updates <<Go back |  Index Competition Law November, 2009 Newsletter The Law Firm Eversheds Saladžius Article 3 of the Law on Competition has been amended June, 2009 Newsletter, June 2009 The Law Firm Eversheds Saladžius The amendments and supplements to the Law on Competition have been adopted May, 2009 Tax & Law Baltic Legal Solutions Lithuania Competition March, 2009 Lithuania - Dominance 2009 "Raidla Lejins & Norcous" Abuse of government process Abuse of intellectual property rights Are there any rules applying to the unilateral conduct of non-dominant firms? Is your national law relating to the unilateral conduct of firms stricter than article 82? Does the concept of abuse cover both exploitative and exclusionary practices? Does the law cover conduct through which a non-dominant company becomes dominant? Does the legislation also apply to dominant purchasers? If so, are there any differences compared with the application of the law to dominant suppliers? Enforcement authorities Exclusive dealing, non-compete provisions and single branding Exploitative prices or terms of supply How frequently is the legislation used in practice? How is abuse defined? How is dominance defined? Impact on contracts Is collective dominance covered by the legislation? If so, how is it defined? Is dominance controlled according to sector? Is the object of the legislation and the underlying standard a strictly economic one or does it protect other interests? Is there a market-share threshold above which a company will be presumed to be dominant? Limiting production, markets or technical development Other types of abuse Predatory pricing Price and non-price discrimination Private enforcement Prohibition of abusive practices Rebate schemes Refusal to deal and access to essential facilities Sanctions and remedies Tying and leveraging To whom do the dominance provisions apply? To what extent do they apply to public entities? Update and trends What defences may be raised to allegations of abuse of dominance? What is the legislation applying specifically to the behaviour of dominant firms? What is the relationship between the sector-specific provisions and the general abuse of dominance legislation? What is the role of economics in the application of the dominance provisions? What is the test for market definition? What link must be shown between dominance and abuse? Latvia - Dominance 2009 "Raidla Lejins & Norcous" ‘Structural abuses’ – mergers and acquisitions as exclusionary practices Abuse of government process Abuse of intellectual property rights Availability of damages Collective dominance Defences Definition Definition of dominance Dominant purchasers Economics Enforcement authorities Enforcement record Exclusive dealing, non-compete provisions and single branding Exploitative and exclusionary practices Exploitative prices or terms of supply Legislation Limiting production, markets or technical development Link between dominance and abuse Market definition Market-share threshold Non-dominant firms Non-dominant to dominant firm Object of legislation Other types of abuse Predatory pricing Price and non-price discrimination Price squeezes Private enforcement Prohibition of abusive practices Rebate schemes Recent enforcement action Refusal to deal and access to essential facilities Sanctions and remedies Scope of application of dominance provisions Sector-specific control Status of sector-specific provisions Sorainen legal update SORAINEN LATVIA. Competition Council guidelines explain new Latvian Competition Law concept: “dominant position in the retail trade” LATVIA. Competition Council to control advertising less than previously December, 2008 Newsletter (November-December 2008). Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden "Raidla Lejins & Norcous" Latvia. Competition Law Amended November, 2008 Newsletter October - November 2008 The Law Firm Eversheds Saladžius The amendments to the Regulation on the Control of Concentrations October, 2008 SORAINEN Legal Update. No 52 / October 2008 SORAINEN New regulations regarding application of competition law. Latvia Prohibition of an abuse of dominant position in retail business. Latvia State aids for small and medium commercial companies. Latvia RoschierRaidla. September-October 2008. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden "Raidla Lejins & Norcous" Conflicts Between Competition Law and IPR. Sweden New Regulations in the Area of Competition Law. Latvia August, 2008 Sorainen Legal Update. No 51 / August 2008. SORAINEN LATVIA. Changes in competition rules aim to limit freedom of action of retailers in relations with producers and suppliers April, 2008 Tax & Law Newsletter. April 2008 No 04 Baltic Legal Solutions Lithuania Competition law Newsletter. April 2008 The Law Firm Eversheds Saladžius Competition Law November, 2007 Baltic Legal Update. No 48 / November 2007 SORAINEN LATVIA. 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