AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ REKABET HUKUKU’NDA AYRIMCILIK YASAĞI

Year 2023, , 51 - 74, 29.12.2023

Aminat Bisultanova

https://doi.org/10.62101/iticudisticaretdergisi.1335287

Abstract

Avrupa Birliği Rekabet Hukuku’nda “ayrımcılık yasağı”, etkin ve sağlıklı bir rekabet ortamının sağlanabilmesinin yanı sıra Birliğin amaçları ışığında bir iç pazarın oluşumu için önemli bir kural haline gelmiştir. Rekabet Hukuku’nda genel olarak refah ve tüketicinin korunması hedefleri ön plana atılmakta ancak eşitlik ilkesi rekabet ortamının etkin bir şekilde işleyebilmesi için gereklidir. Çevrimiçi satışların da artması ile beraber eşit bir rekabet ortamının gerekliliği birçok Divan ve Komisyon kararı ile gündeme gelmiştir. Dolayısıyla, eşitlik, sadece Birlik içerisinde önemli bir ilke olarak kalmamakta, küreselleşen ticaret alanında da uyulması gereken önemli bir kriter haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada, Rekabet Hukuku’nda ayrımcılığın yeri saptanarak Divan ve Komisyon kararlarına, doktrin görüşlerine yer verilmiş ve ayrımcılık yasağının rekabet üzerindeki konumu belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

AB Rekabet Hukuku, Ayrımcılık Yasağı, Eşitlik, İç Pazar, Etkin Rekabet, Eşit Rekabet.

PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITION LAW

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