The EU competition rules on restrictive agreements, cartels and abuse of dominance, and what they mean for contacts with competitors, commercial deals and everyday decisions.
This course introduces the EU competition rules and why they reach everyday business decisions: restrictive agreements and cartels, including price-fixing, market-sharing and bid-rigging; information exchange with competitors, including in trade associations; agreements with customers, distributors and suppliers; abuse of a dominant position; and what to do in an investigation or a dawn raid. It’s written for business owners, leaders and managers, and for the people in sales, pricing, procurement, commercial strategy, finance, legal and compliance.
Competition law is broken most often by people who did not know they were near the line: a chat about prices at an industry event, a joint bid agreed over lunch, a distribution contract that fixes resale prices. The consequences fall on the company and sometimes on the individual. The course gives commercial staff the recognition skills to stop and check, and the vocabulary to raise the question with legal before a deal is done.
Scenarios and a quick check in every lesson
Web and mobile app, including offline
Content
Lesson 1
What competition law protects, and why it reaches everyday decisions
Lesson 2
Restrictive agreements and cartels: price-fixing, market-sharing and bid-rigging
Lesson 3
Information exchange with competitors, including in trade associations
Lesson 4
Agreements with customers, distributors and suppliers
Lesson 5
Abuse of a dominant position
Lesson 6
Investigations and dawn raids: what to do
Lesson 7
Scenarios
Who it is for
Business owners, leaders and managers
Staff in sales, pricing, procurement, commercial strategy, finance, legal and compliance
Fee and registration
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About 60 minutes, in short lessons. It is self-paced, so a learner can stop and continue on any device, including the mobile app, and offline.
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The EU competition rules on restrictive agreements, cartels and abuse of dominance, and what they mean for contacts with competitors, commercial deals and everyday decisions.
