A Comparative Study of US, EU, and Iran Legal Approaches to Anti-Competitive Civil Liability

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

majid khalilpourgorgani ¹ , javad niknejad ² , behnam ghanbarpor ³

1 - PhD Student in Private Law, Department of Private Law, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Private Law, Department of Private Law, Ghaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Theology and Islamic Studies, Department of Theology and Islamic Studies, Ghaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr, Iran

Received: 2021-09-23 Accepted : 2021-09-23 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Iran, European Union, United States, Civil liability, Anticompetitive Procedures,

Abstract :

In a free market economy, competitive rules are determined by the market itself. Competition causes the producer to improve the quality of the product, the consumer to provide it with the most suitable conditions. However, there are vertical and horizontal anti-competitive practices that are detrimental to this competition. The main question of the present study is what legal approaches at the level of the United States, the European Union and Iran to civil liability arising from anti-competitive practices? In the United States, there is currently a more legal approach to civil liability arising from vertical agreements. It is horizontally focused, while the European Union has the opposite position. Iran's legal approach can be considered as an intermediate approach according to the jurisprudential rules as well as the prevailing laws such as civil law.