On the Status of a Group of Persons in Competition Law

A group of persons, based on the type of legal relations in which persons from its composition take part, can be considered as a single subject of relations or as a set of individuals. The concept of a group of persons as a form of group association and behavior is used in different meanings in relation to antitrust prohibitions and the institution of control of economic concentration, which determines the relevance and necessity of studying the legal status of a group of persons in various legal relations. The legal regulation of a group of persons is based on the rule of treating a group of persons as an economic entity, with the exception of cases defined in Part 2 of Article 9 of the Law on Protection of Competition

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