The Google Shopping case: a landmark ruling for European competition law: the development of self-preferencing as a novel category of abuse for digital undertakings

Feichtinger, Lisa-Maria (A.A. 2022/2023) The Google Shopping case: a landmark ruling for European competition law: the development of self-preferencing as a novel category of abuse for digital undertakings. Tesi di Laurea in European union law, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Francesco Cherubini, pp. 58. [Bachelor's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

The (super) dominant position and the abuse of such in Google Shopping. Article 102 TFEU. The degree of dominance as a digital gatekeeper. The concept of abusive conduct in Google Shopping. Discrimination under article 102 TFEU–the establishment of self-preferencing as a free-standing discriminatory abuse. The ambiguity between favouring and leveraging (as left by the commission decision). Towards a concept of self-preferencing: the Court’s argument. Self-preferencing as abusive discrimination. The underlying legal test to demonstrate anticompetitive effects. The Court’s reasoning–how the judgement fits into jurisprudence. The Court’s leap forward. Legitimacy of the Court’s merits-based reasoning according to law. How to guarantee substantive legal certainty when the law is not clear? Google’s grounds of appeal to the Court of justice. The significance of Google Shopping for EU antitrust regulation in digital markets. Towards search neutrality? The applicability of the principle of equal treatment to article 102 TFEU. The EU platform regulation and Google Shopping: policing self-preferencing by platforms.

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Bibliografia: pp. 45-50.

Thesis Type: Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Bachelor's Degree Programs > Bachelor's Degree Program in Political Science (L36)
Chair: European union law
Thesis Supervisor: Cherubini, Francesco
Academic Year: 2022/2023
Session: Summer
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 24 Oct 2023 10:32
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2023 10:32
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/36684

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