The Austrian Competition Authority publishes draft guidelines on the application of sustainability agreements

AFCA publishes draft guidelines on the application sustainability-agreements, asking for comments*Background The "European Green Deal" is the European Commission’s ambitious program for the transformation of the European economy and society towards sustainability and climate-neutrality. The measures proposed are intended to ensure that the Union's goals in these fields are achieved. This is only feasible if all legal and political areas make a supporting contribution, even if they do not directly address the major relevant factors such as industry, energy, transport or agriculture. This also applies to the area of ​​competition law. As a specific application, it is discussed here whether the ban on cartels stands in the way of cooperation between companies that can make a