Hub and Spoke Agreements: Theoretical Novella or an Independent Type of Anti-Competitive Agreement?
https://doi.org/10.47361/2542-0259-2021-1-25-38-43
Abstract
The article discusses questions of theory, as well as foreign practice of qualification of the so-called “Hub and Spoke” agreements, considered as agreements that limit competition between competitors in the absence of direct agreement between them. According to the authors, a “Hub and Spoke” agreement should be qualified as an “other” agreement that leads or may lead to restriction of competition (part 4 of article 11 of the Federal Law № 135 “On the Protection of Competition”).
About the Authors
A. Yu. Kinev
Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation; Kutafin Moscow State Law University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander Yu. Kinev
Bol’shoy Cherkassky lane, Moscow, 109012; Sadovaya-Kudrunskaya str., bld. 9, Moscow, 125993
E. E. Konopkina
FAS Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina E. Konopkina
Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya str., 11, Moscow, 125993
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Kinev A.Yu., Konopkina E.E. Hub and Spoke Agreements: Theoretical Novella or an Independent Type of Anti-Competitive Agreement? Russian competition law and economy. 2021;(1):38-43. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47361/2542-0259-2021-1-25-38-43
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