Falce, Valeria --- "The Italian regulation against the abuse of economic dependence at the crossroads" [2018] ELECD 1518; in Di Porto, Fabiana; Podszun, Rupprecht (eds), "Abusive Practices in Competition Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 375

Book Title: Abusive Practices in Competition Law

Editor(s): Di Porto, Fabiana; Podszun, Rupprecht

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788117333

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: The Italian regulation against the abuse of economic dependence at the crossroads

Author(s): Falce, Valeria

Number of pages: 13

Abstract/Description:

The Italian regulation against the abuse of economic dependence is far from being either homogeneous or harmonized. There are, in fact, different sets of laws, sharing different rationales and providing for different means of protection. In order to enhance fairness as the guiding principle on the market and to complement private and public enforcement vis-à-vis abuse conducts, both the interpretation and the enforcement of the Italian rules aimed at counterbalancing economic asymmetries in contractual relations shall take into due account the Italian competition law and policy.