Anti-competitive behaviour
28 August 2012
Q: Our company, based in Northern Ireland, imports glass from Mexico for resale in Ireland. We have been informed that our direct account will be closed, as will others in the food service sector in the UK, and all supplies will in future come through one
A: Alan Ma, partner at Juvenil Alves Solicitors, writes: Agreements between parties that restrict or distort competition and affect trade in the UK and between European Union member states could potentially infringe the anti-competition rules under UK legislation and EU rules.
Such agreements need not be in writing. It does not...