Definition
Concerted practice (Ro.: practici concertate, Fr.: pratiques concertées, n.f.pl., Gr.: σύμπραξη επιχειρήσεων, Cz.: jednání soutěžitelů ve vzájemné shodě) (See also: abuse of dominant position, anticompetitive deals) = all co-ordination between two or more parties without having an agreement or substitute, with knowingly practical co-operation between undertakings for the risks of competition.
Useful links
Legislation
http://legeaz.net/legea-21-1996-concurentei/ - Law 21/1996, Romania [Romanian]
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agreements-and-concerted-practices-understanding-competition-law - Agreements and Concerted Practices: OFT 401, UK [English]
https://www.legaleze.co.uk/content/Competition_law.aspx - Competition Law, UK [English]
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012E/TXT - Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Art. 101, 104 [English]
Case Law
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=157516&mode=req&pageIndex=1&dir=&occ=first&part=1&text=concerted%2Bpractice&doclang=RO&cid=51241 - Case 67/13 of Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v. European Comission, 2014
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/celex.jsf?celex=62012CJ0382&lang1=en&type=TXT&ancre= - Case 382/12 P MasterCard Inc. v. European Comission, 2014
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=concerted%2Bpractice&docid=142218&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=51241#ctx1 - Case 179/12 P The Dow Chemical Company v. European Comission, 2013
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?text=&docid=44311&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=50887 - Case-49/92 P Anic Partecipazioni SpA v. European Comission, 1999
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=concerted%2Bpractice&docid=142225&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=51241#ctx1 - Case 679/11 P Alliance One International Inc. v. European Comission, 2013
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=concerted%2Bpractice&docid=134363&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=51241#ctx1 - Case 681/11 Schenker & Co AG and Others v. European Comission, 2013
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=concerted%2Bpractice&docid=73084&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=51241#ctx1 - Joined Cases Case 322/07 P, Case 327/07 P and Case 338/07 P Papierfabrik August Koehler AG, Bolloré SA, Distribuidora Vizcaína de Papeles SL v. European Comission, 2009
Online Publications
http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1585&context=njilb - Joshua, Julian M., Jordan, Sarah, 2003, Combinations, Concerted Practices and Cartels: Adopting the Concept of Conspiracy in European Community Competition Law Symposium on European Competition Law, Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
http://www.actecon.com/PDF/Balki_Uyumlu_Eylem_Karinesi.pdf - Balki, Bahadir, 2009, The evaluation of the presumption of concerted practice in the Turkish competition act and of its utilization under the case law of the European Court of Justice, Actecon
http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1370&context=iclr - Ris, Martin, 1990, The European Community Rules on Competition: The Concerted Practices Doctrine, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review
http://local.droit.ulg.ac.be/sa/ieje/fileadmin/IEJE/Pdf/NPEtit_Agrrements.pdf - Petit, Nicolas, Agreements, Decisions of Associations of Undertakings and Concerted Practices, University of Liège
Publications
Jones, Alison, Sufrin, Brenda, 2008, EC Competition Law, Text, Cases & Materials, 3rd edition, UK, Oxford University Press, pp. 173
Mihai, Emilia, 2004, Dreptul concurenţei, Bucharest, All Beck Publishing House, pp. 45
By Ioana Rațiu