Transport, Shipping Trade Web Course: “How to resist the actions of a monopolist: UZ, USPA”

31/ 03/ 2020

EBA Southern Ukrainian Office jointly with Interlegal launched new project - Transport, Shipping Trade Web Course. At the first webinar, on 31 of March on practical examples we looked through the ways of business protection from monopoly activities. The speaker became the leading lawyer of Interlegal - Dmytro Ochkolyas. Thus, monopolization is the accomplishment by an entity of a dominant position in the market when its share exceeds 35%. Monopoly abuse is not allowed in Ukraine and it usually means: the imposition of such terms of the contract that put counterparties at a disadvantage, or additional conditions that do not relate to the subject of the contract; setting monopoly or discriminatory prices (tariffs) for their goods (services), which violates or restricts individual consumer rights; setting monopoly prices (tariffs) for their goods (services), which leads to a restriction of competition: other actions taken to create barriers to market entry (exit from the market) for economic entities. Also discussed the forms of unfair competition and its types, the dominant position of the entity in the market, the liability provided in accordance with Ukrainian law, analyzed some precedents for recognizing the violation of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Economic Competition”.

EBA Southern Ukrainian Office jointly with Interlegal launched new project – “Transport, Shipping Trade Web Course”. At the first webinar, on 31 of March on practical examples we looked through the ways of business protection from monopoly activities. The speaker became the leading lawyer of Interlegal – Dmytro Ochkolyas.

Thus, monopolization is the accomplishment by an entity of a dominant position in the market when its share exceeds 35%. Monopoly abuse is not allowed in Ukraine and it usually means: the imposition of such terms of the contract that put counterparties at a disadvantage, or additional conditions that do not relate to the subject of the contract; setting monopoly or discriminatory prices (tariffs) for their goods (services), which violates or restricts individual consumer rights; setting monopoly prices (tariffs) for their goods (services), which leads to a restriction of competition: other actions taken to create barriers to market entry (exit from the market) for economic entities.

Also discussed the forms of unfair competition and its types, the dominant position of the entity in the market, the liability provided in accordance with Ukrainian law, analyzed some precedents for recognizing the violation of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Economic Competition”.