An Italian administrative Court addresses the extent to which an allegedly dominant company in the production of certain plant protection products shall be bound to grant or deny competitors access to scientific studies and data thanks to which it could obtain its marketing authorizations (Bayer Cropscience)

Grassani, Stefano

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16 May 2012

An Italian administrative Court addresses the extent to which an allegedly dominant company in the production of certain plant protection products shall be bound to grant or deny competitors access to scientific studies and data thanks to which it could obtain its marketing authorizations (Bayer Cropscience)

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Italian administrative Court (Tribunale Amministrativo del Lazio), 16 May 2012, judgment 04403/2012, Bayer Cropscience

With its judgment of May 16th, 2012 the Tribunale Amministrativo del Lazio (i.e. the lower Italian administrative Court which adjudicates appeals against decisions issued by the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, "IAA") addressed the extent to which an allegedly dominant company in the production of certain plant protection products shall be bound to grant or deny competitors access to scientific studies and data thanks to which the dominant company could obtain its marketing

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Stefano Grassani
Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici (Milan)

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Stefano Grassani, An Italian administrative Court addresses the extent to which an allegedly dominant company in the production of certain plant protection products shall be bound to grant or deny competitors access to scientific studies and data thanks to which it could obtain its marketing authorizations (Bayer Cropscience), 16 May 2012, e-Competitions May 2012, Art. N° 49317

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