The New Concept of Anti-Competitive Object: A Loose Cannon in EU Competition Law

Csongor Istvan Nagy University of Szeged, Faculty of Law; Hungarian Academy of Sciences CSS Institute for Legal Studies ponders The New Concept of Anti-Competitive Object: A Loose Cannon in EU Competition Law.

ABSTRACT: This article analyzes EU competition law’s recent developments in respect of anti-competitive object (Allianz, Cartes bancaires, the Commission’s new De Minimis Notice). It provides a critical evaluation of the new, elusive notion and demonstrates its devastating consequences.