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COMPETITION AND

SUSTAINABILITY: CRITERIA

APPLIED IN THE ANALYSIS

OF SUSTAINABILITY

AGREEMENTS BETWEEN

COMPETITORS1

STRUCTURED ABSTRACT

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RESUMO ESTRUTURADO

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1 INTRODUCTION

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2 ENVIRONMENTAL URGENCY AND CHALLENGES TO THE TRADITIONAL

ANTITRUST FRAMEWORK

2.1 Negative externalities and private environmental initiatives

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2.2 Antitrust obstacles to environmental corporate governance policies

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3 RESEARCH ON THE COMPETITION AUTHORITIES’ STANCE ON

SUSTAINABLE COOPERATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN COMPETITORS

3.1 Methodology

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3.2 Quantitative overview of the positions of the competition authorities

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3.3 Factors considered in the antitrust assessment of sustainability agreements

3.3.1 Existence of a mechanism to prevent the exchange of sensitive information

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3.3.2 Voluntary participation and the possibility for third parties to join the

agreement

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3.3.3 Combined market share and market coverage of the agreement

3.3.4 Time limitation

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3.3.5 Remaining competition factors still under discretion of the participants

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