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Dr Anca Chirita's Outputs (19)

Data-Driven Unfair Competition in Digital Markets (2023)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (in press). Data-Driven Unfair Competition in Digital Markets. Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law, 29(2),

This article expands the controversial catalogue of abusive practices to account for new types of data-driven unfair practices, such as data leveraging and combination, behavioral and personalized discrimination, excessive and algorithmic pricing, an... Read More about Data-Driven Unfair Competition in Digital Markets.

Abuse of Global Platform Dominance or Competition on the Merits? (2021)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2022). Abuse of Global Platform Dominance or Competition on the Merits?. Loyola consumer law review, 33(1), 1-37

Contrary to mainstream opinion, suggesting that dominant online platforms compete on their own merits and that their abuse of the large-scale accumulation of data should fall under data or privacy laws, this article argues that competition law should... Read More about Abuse of Global Platform Dominance or Competition on the Merits?.

Competition Policy's Social Paradox: Are We Losing Sight of the Wood for the Trees? (2018)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2018). Competition Policy's Social Paradox: Are We Losing Sight of the Wood for the Trees?. European Competition Journal, 14(2-3), 367-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441056.2018.1533366

The present contribution seeks to provide a normative justification for the better consideration of employment and its negative social consequences in the area of mergers. First, it challenges the widespread rhetoric of competition policy when advanc... Read More about Competition Policy's Social Paradox: Are We Losing Sight of the Wood for the Trees?.

Google's Anti-competitive and Unfair Practices in Digital Leisure Markets (2015)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2015). Google's Anti-competitive and Unfair Practices in Digital Leisure Markets. Competition law review, 11(1), 109-131

The purpose of this article is to reflect on the critical use of commitments in the Google case and to analyse and review the matrix of facts that have been highlighted in the academic and practitioner literature. Therefore, the core areas of reflect... Read More about Google's Anti-competitive and Unfair Practices in Digital Leisure Markets.

A Legal-Historical Review of the EU Competition Rules (2014)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2014). A Legal-Historical Review of the EU Competition Rules. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 63(2), 281-316. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020589314000037

This article aims to review EU competition rules by undertaking a historical purposive interpretation of the drafting process of the Treaty of Rome. It reveals new insights based on a consideration of several historical archives starting with the Sch... Read More about A Legal-Historical Review of the EU Competition Rules.

The Impact of the European Union Current Crisis on Law, Policy and Society (2014)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2014). The Impact of the European Union Current Crisis on Law, Policy and Society. The Cambridge yearbook of European legal studies, 16, 255-288. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1528887000002615

This chapter aims to understand the general nature of the current economic crisis from a socio-legal, economic, ideological and political perspective and to analyse the complexity of the multiple causes which have led to this crisis. The impact of th... Read More about The Impact of the European Union Current Crisis on Law, Policy and Society.

Cross-Border Service Payments under EU Fair Competition and SEPA Rules (2012)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2012). Cross-Border Service Payments under EU Fair Competition and SEPA Rules. European Competition Journal, 8(2), 403-428. https://doi.org/10.5235/ecj.8.2.403

EU rules on the functioning of a Single European Payment Area (SEPA) Union-wide with free movement of cross-border services have an impact upon fair competition in the internal market for both consumers and smaller businesses. Under Article 102 (a) T... Read More about Cross-Border Service Payments under EU Fair Competition and SEPA Rules.

Accesul la Facilităţi Esenţiale: O Perspectivă Comparativă a Dreptului Concurenţei Comerciale Referitoare la Folosirea Comună şi Cazuri Recente Privind Preţurile Forfetare (2011)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2011). Accesul la Facilităţi Esenţiale: O Perspectivă Comparativă a Dreptului Concurenţei Comerciale Referitoare la Folosirea Comună şi Cazuri Recente Privind Preţurile Forfetare. Concurenţa (Bucureşti), 38-48

Prezenta contribuţie are ca scop o prezentare comparativă succintă a cadrului juridic al accesului la facilităţi esenţiale în dreptul european, roman şi german al concurenţei comerciale, precum şi a elementelor cheie în tratarea unor astfel de cazuri... Read More about Accesul la Facilităţi Esenţiale: O Perspectivă Comparativă a Dreptului Concurenţei Comerciale Referitoare la Folosirea Comună şi Cazuri Recente Privind Preţurile Forfetare.

Undistorted, Un(fair) Competition, Consumer Welfare and the Interpretation of Article 102 TFEU (2010)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2010). Undistorted, Un(fair) Competition, Consumer Welfare and the Interpretation of Article 102 TFEU. World Competition, 33(3), 417-436

This article explains the Lisbon Treaty’s provisions relating to competition policy and offers a dynamic interpretation of Article 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which could justify the consideration of an effects-based a... Read More about Undistorted, Un(fair) Competition, Consumer Welfare and the Interpretation of Article 102 TFEU.

The EC Commission’s Guidance Paper on the Application of Article 82 EC: An Efficient Means of Compliance for Germany? (2009)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2009). The EC Commission’s Guidance Paper on the Application of Article 82 EC: An Efficient Means of Compliance for Germany?. European Competition Journal, 5(3), 677-700. https://doi.org/10.5235/ecj.v5n3.677

This article aims to introduce the Guidance Paper’s key features in applying Article 82 EC to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings. It will therefore examine the concepts of consumer welfare, anticompetitive foreclosure, consumer har... Read More about The EC Commission’s Guidance Paper on the Application of Article 82 EC: An Efficient Means of Compliance for Germany?.

The Analysis of Market Dominance and Restrictive Practices under German Antitrust Law in Light of EC Antitrust Law (2008)
Journal Article
Chirita, A. D. (2008). The Analysis of Market Dominance and Restrictive Practices under German Antitrust Law in Light of EC Antitrust Law. European Competition Journal, 4(2), 415-441. https://doi.org/10.5235/ecj.v4n2.415

This article analyses key features of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (section 19), including the more severe provisions of section 20, and aims to discuss the economic freedom of competition approach to the abuse of a dominant marke... Read More about The Analysis of Market Dominance and Restrictive Practices under German Antitrust Law in Light of EC Antitrust Law.