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Integrating and Assessing Economic Evidence under Cyprus Competition Law: Case Comment on the Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition Decision No. 42/2014

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  • Stephanie Theodotou
  • Sofronis Clerides

    (Department of Economics, University of Cyprus)

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It is indisputable that economics has become an essential parameter in modern competition law enforcement, with the result that the analysis of a competition law case is virtually impossible without the integration and assessment of economic evidence in reaching the final decision. Best practice across the European Union (“the EU”) in applying competition law clearly recognises the critical correlation between the proper selection, presentation and content of the relevant economic evidence and its appropriate interpretation and assessment by the decision-making body. In the case of Cyprus, this body is the Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition (“the Commission”). This paper is a case comment aiming to present the reader with an insight into the manner the Commission has handled and assessed economic evidence in the process of reaching its decision No. 42/2014, with particular reference to part 11.4.2 of its decision, which is the relevant economic analysis of the Commission. It begins with an exposition of the material facts, the decision and the economic dimensions of the case. It then focuses on the critical aspect of how the Commission dealt with and analysed the economic evidence before it in order to decide the case. The paper ends with a section on the approaches taken in competition law and practice both in Cyprus, with reference to the case in question, the United Kingdom (“the UK”) and the wider EU framework. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first attempt to evaluate a competition case in Cyprus from an economics perspective. Providing that there is a significant gap in public discourse in this area, even among competition and economics experts, this paper marks the beginning towards the narrowing and the bridging of gap therein, and is accordingly of crucial importance to competition law and practice in the Republic of Cyprus.

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  • Stephanie Theodotou & Sofronis Clerides, 2016. "Integrating and Assessing Economic Evidence under Cyprus Competition Law: Case Comment on the Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition Decision No. 42/2014," Cyprus Economic Policy Review, University of Cyprus, Economics Research Centre, vol. 10(2), pages 111-125, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:erc:cypepr:v:10:y:2016:i:2:p:111-125
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