Serial Article
| DOI |
10.7336/academicus.2015.12.04 |
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https://academicus.edu.al/?subpage=volumes&nr=12 |
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https://academicus.edu.al |
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https://academicus.edu.al/nr12/Academicus-MMXV-12-059-072.html |
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https://academicus.edu.al/nr12/Academicus-MMXV-12-059-072.pdf |
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Full Title
English
(eng)
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Academicus International Scientific Journal |
| Publisher (01) |
Academicus International Scientific Journal |
| Country of publication |
Albania
(AL)
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ISSN
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20793715 |
| Product Form |
Printed Journal
(JB)
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ISSN
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23091088 |
| Product Form |
Online Journal
(JD)
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| Journal Volume Number |
12 |
| Journal Issue Date (YYYY/MM) |
2015 / 07 |
Title
English
(eng)
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The anti-competitive agreements in the prospective of the law on competition protection - An inside in the Albanian practices
and legal framework
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By (author)
(A01)
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Rezana Konomi Perolla |
| Affiliation |
Commissioner, Deputy Chairwoman of the Competition Authority Tirana, Albania, Prof.As.Dr. |
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By (author)
(A01)
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Zhaklina Peto |
| Affiliation |
University of Tirana, Albania, Prof.As.Dr. |
| Number of Pages |
14 |
| First Page |
59 |
| Last Page |
72 |
| Language of text |
English
(eng)
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| Publication Date (YYYY/MM) |
2015 / 07 |
| Copyright |
2015, Academicus |
Abstract
Main description
(01)
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In Albania legislation on competition was developed only after the 90s and this is natural depending on the economic development
and market model, which before the 90s had spaces of a free and competitive development. Competition is an economic phenomenon
that refers to such a state of a free market economy, where companies compete independently in order to benefit as many buyers
so as to meet the objectives to increase profits and expansion of markets. In this way free competition is both beneficial
for business development and profitable for consumers themselves, who should benefit from the prices set based on the demand–offer
ratio. Competition should be perceived as a necessary mechanism that promotes increase of welfare in general, by providing
enterprises with greater opportunities for profit and therefore better quality for consumers, a major benefit in the range
of choices lower prices. Encouraged by the existence of competition, enterprises as market players should be motivated to
be always on the alert and perhaps in uncertainty in order to be as much active in the way they compete with their competitors
by providing investments and aggressive strategies as a reply to their, but also potential rivals. In competitive markets,
the companies are motivated to gain market power in order to strengthen their positions in the markets where they operate
and thereby they have an impact in the fulfillment of the growing needs of the consumer, which brings increase of welfare.
Nevertheless, quite often companies have such an attitude that they may cause limitation of competition, such as the agreements,
whose object or consequence is price fixing, market shares or the establishment of a market structure where competitors join
(in case of concentrations). Price fixing is a classic element to all cases of cartels. By means of such behavior competitors
try to avoid price competition between them to the detriment of the consumer, by applying higher prices. This may happen at
horizontal level, but also at vertical level. What do we perceive with prohibited agreements under Albanian law of competition?
What are the forms of agreements that are prohibited and which are excluded? These are some of the questions that this article
adresses.
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