Yugoslavia/Serbia (1996)

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Score = 11

Governed by: The Antimonopoly Law, \"Official Gazette of the FRY\", No. 29/96[1] (hereinafter referred to as “Competition Act”). [2]

Category Subcategory Score Comment
Scope Extraterritoriality 0
Remedies Fines 1 Article 13 provides guidelines for fining.
Prison Sentences 1 Article 12 says that the person responsible for the undertaking charged with a violation can be imprisoned for up to 5 years.
Divestitures 0
Private Enforcement 3rd Party Initiation 1 Article 8 says that any interested person may report to the competent federal authority any violation of the Act.
Remedies Available to 3rd Parties 0
3rd Party Rights in Proceedings 0
Merger Notification Voluntary 0
Mandatory 0
Pre-merger 0
Post-merger 0
Merger Assessment Dominance 0
Restriction of Competition 0
Public Interest (Pro D) 0
Public Interest (Pro Authority) 0
Other 0
Efficiency 0
Dominance Limits Access 1 Article 3(2) lists stopping or limiting production or sales or development as an abusive act.
Abusive Acts 1 Article 3(1) prohibits abuses of a dominant position.
Price Setting 1 Article 3(2) lists price setting as an example of an abusive act.
Discriminatory Pricing 1 Article 3(2) lists applying unequal terms in conducting business as an abusive act.
Resale Price Maintenance 0
Obstacles to Entry 0
Efficiency Defense 0
Restrictive Trade Practices Price Fixing 1 Article 4(2)(2) prohibits direct or indirect price setting.
Tying 0
Market Division 1 Article 4(2)(1) prohibits partitioning markets.
Output Restraint 1 Article 4(2)(3) prohibits the discontinuation or limitation of output.
Market Sharing 0
Eliminating Competitors 0
Collusive Tendering/Bid-Rigging 0
Supply Refusal 1 Article 4(2)(1) prohibits closing markets concerning the sale or purchase of goods.
Efficiency Defense 1 Article 4(4) allows an exemption for agreements that improve production or sale of goods or encourages economic or technical development.

References

  1. The Global Competition Forum website, http://www.globalcompetitionforum.org/regions/europe/Yugoslavia/ANTIMONOPOLY%20ACT.pdf.
  2. This law was originally adopted in Yugoslavia and after the dissolving of that country Serbia took over the legislation without substantial changes (until a new Act was adopted in 2005).