According to article 2 of the Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure : "‘trade secret’ means information which meets all of the following requirements: (a) it is secret in the sense that it is not, as a body or in the precise configuration and assembly of its components, generally known among or readily accessible to persons within the circles that normally deal with the kind of information in question; (b) it has commercial value because it is secret; (c) it has been subject to reasonable steps under the circumstances, by the person lawfully in control of the information, to keep it secret" © European Parliament and Council of the European Union
Business secrets
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Absolute territorial protection
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Abuse of dominant position
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Abuse of economic dependence
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Access to essential facility
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Access to information
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Access to the file
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Administered prices
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Advocacy
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Agency agreement
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Agent
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Agreement (notion)
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Amicus curiae
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Ancillary restraints
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Annulment
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Anticompetitive object or effect
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Anticompetitive practices
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Antitrust
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Applicable law
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Arbitration
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Article 11 letter
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Automotive distribution
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Cartel
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Civil fine
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Clearance phase I (merger)
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Clearance phase II (merger)
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Collecting society
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Collective dominance
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Collective redress (class action)
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Comity
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Commission Notice
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Competence
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Competition policy
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Complaint
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Compliance programme
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Compulsory license
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Concerted practices
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Concession
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Concurrent jurisdiction
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Consortium
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Consumers protection
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Consumers’ associations
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Contract
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Control (change)
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Control (notion)
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Cooperation Agreement
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Cooperation between competition authorities
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Coordinated effects
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Copyright
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Corporate group
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Corruption
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Cost-based access
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Criminal sanctions
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Cross subsidisation
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ECHR
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Economic analysis
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Economic efficiency
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Economies of scale
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Effect on trade between Member States
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Effective judicial protection
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EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) & Court
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Environmental protection
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Essential facility
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European Competition Network (ECN)
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Excessive prices
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Exchanges of information
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Exclusive distribution
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Exclusive purchasing
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Exclusive right (Art. 106 TFEU)
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Exclusivity clause
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Exhaustion
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Extra-territoriality
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Parallel imports (parallel trade)
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Passing-on
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Pay-for-delay
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Periodic penalty payment
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Personal data
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Potential competition
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Predatory pricing
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Preliminary ruling (Art. 267 TFUE)
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Price discrimination
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Price-fixing agreement
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Prices
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Principle of effectiveness
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Principle of equal treatment
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Principle of equivalence
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Principle of proportionality
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Private enforcement
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Privatization
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Procedural autonomy
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Professional association
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Public procurement
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Public undertaking
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Referral (merger)
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Refusal to deal
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Regulated prices
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Regulation
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Relevant market
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Remedies (antitrust)
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Remedies (antitrust)
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Request for information
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Resale price maintenance (RPM)
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Resale-below-cost
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Restriction on exportation
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Right against self-incrimination
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Rights of defence
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Rule of reason
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Sector inquiry
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Selective distribution
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Services of general economic interest
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Single branding
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Sole control
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Spill-over effects
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Standard-Essential Patent (SEP)
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State action defense
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State aid (compatibility)
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State aid (existing aid)
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State aid (notification)
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State aid (notion)
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State aid (recovery)
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State aid (tax ruling)
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State aid (unlawful aid)
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State measure
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Substitutability
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Sudden break of established business relationships