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Vertical agreement (Competition Law) [Ro.: acord vertical, De.: vertikale Vereinbarung, Fr.: accord vertical, It.: accordo verticale] (See also: horizontal agreement, anti-competitive behaviour, concerted practice, cartel, relevant market, undertaking, internal market) = An agreement or a concerted practice set between two or more undertakings, each one operating, for the scope of the agreement, at different levels of the production or distribution chain, and relating to the conditions under which the parties may purchase, sell or resell certain goods or services. Unlike horizontal agreements, vertical agreements are viewed in a more relaxed manner by competition law, especially considering the fact that they create fewer competition problems than the former ones.
Agreement (Competition Law) [Ro.: acord, De.: Vereinbarung, Fr.: accord, It.: accordo] = An agreement refers to an explicit or implicit arrangement set between firms that are normally in competition with each other to their mutual benefit. Such agreements that restrict competition may concern prices, production, markets and/or customers. These types of agreements are often associated with the formation of cartels or collusion and hence are treated as violations of competition legislation due to their effect of increasing prices, restricting output and many other adverse economic consequences.
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