A Tale of Two Friends : The Potential Conflict Between Competition Law and the Geo-Blocking Regulation
Ever since the adoption of the Digital Single Market Strategy in 2015, and in response to the Commission’s findings in its E-commerce Sector Inquiry of 2015, the concerns about the restrictions on online trade that persist in the digital market have increased. Above all, geo-blocking practices regarding not only goods and services, but also digital content (such as movies, music, eBooks, or videogames) have become one of the main barriers to the achievement of a European Digital Single Market.Over the past 5 years, the market has witnessed a series of developments towards the increase in cross-border availability of goods, services and digital content through the adoption of different legislative instruments at EU level. Among these instruments, the Geoblocking Regulation represents the most important one. However, although ambitious from its outset, this piece of legislation has ended having quite a limited scope and impact on the Internal Market, being at odds with some fields of EU law, in particular with EU competition law.The enforcement of EU competition law rules in certain recent cases has shown that its relationship with the Geo-blocking Regulation is not entirely clear. However, the revision of the content of the Regulation in March 2020 should not be overlooked. The need for a sound legal regime against territorial restrictions on online trade should be a priority for the Commission during such revision, making the necessary changes to certain provisions of the legal text in order for it to truly complement the already existing legal acquis in the field of competition law
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2020
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Authors: | Lopez Usatorre, Alvaro |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Wettbewerbsrecht | Competition law | EU-Staaten | EU countries | Regulierung | Regulation | Wettbewerbspolitik | Competition policy |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (17 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | In: ELSA Spain Law Review, 4ª Edición, 2019 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 25, 2019 erstellt |
Classification: | K20 - Regulation and Business Law. General ; K21 - Antitrust Law |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014101666
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