Talk:Lithuania (April 15, 2004)

Lithuania 2000 Efficiency Def.

This sounds like an efficiency defense for restrictive trade practices:

Art. 6(1) - "Article 5 [Prohibition of Agreements Restricting Competition] of this Law shall not apply where the agreement promotes technical or economical progress or improves the production or distribution of goods, and thus creates conditions for consumers to receive additional benefit"

--AchalOza 14:33, 2 July 2007 (EDT)

Agreed. --Kajrozga 12:51, 3 July 2007 (EDT)

Lithuania 2000 Public Interest Pro-Authority

Is there anything we should do for a Public Interest Pro-Authority Defense for Restrictive Trade Practices? Here, an agreement which would normally be prohibited but is allowed because of an efficiency defense may be prohibited if under certain circumstances it would not promote efficiency.

Art. 6(4) - "The Competition Council shall have a right to withdraw the right of undertakings to take advantage of the exemption granted by regulations referred to in paragraph 3, where it is determined that in certain cases the impact of the agreement is not compatible with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article."

--AchalOza 14:33, 2 July 2007 (EDT)

Hylton: Include this as a comment to Restrictive Trade Practices - Efficiency Defense by saying that there's an exception if the efficiency defense would run against the public interest.

--AchalOza 10:50, 3 July 2007 (EDT)