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<p>Recent changes in concentration in the EU markets affected also the organisation of the food supply chains. These significant changes severely impacted especially small and medium–sized enterprises which are likely to be exposed to unfair trading practices. Imbalances in bargaining power between large and small enterprises lead to competition inequalities and unfair trade practices that need a specific legislation governance. This paper provides an overview of the Slovak and EU legislation regulating unfair trade practices in agro–food sector. The main aim of both the European and Slovak legal acts regulating unfair trading practices is to ensure protection and fair income for businesses and quality and wider choice for consumers. In addition, the article also brings the overview of the EU directive transposition to the legal framework of individual EU member states.</p>
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Recent changes in concentration in the EU markets affected also the organisation of the food supply chains. These significant changes severely impacted especially small and medium–sized enterprises which are likely to be exposed to unfair trading practices. Imbalances in bargaining power between large and small enterprises lead to competition inequalities and unfair trade practices that need a specific legislation governance. This paper provides an overview of the Slovak and EU legislation regulating unfair trade practices in agro–food sector. The main aim of both the European and Slovak legal acts regulating unfair trading practices is to ensure protection and fair income for businesses and quality and wider choice for consumers. In addition, the article also brings the overview of the EU directive transposition to the legal framework of individual EU member states.

Legal Regulation of Unfair Trade Practices in Food Supply Chain

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia and University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

EU agrarian Law

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Recent changes in concentration in the EU markets affected also the organisation of the food supply chains. These significant changes severely impacted...

Legal Regulation of Unfair Trade Practices in Food Supply Chain

Published Online: Aug 05, 2022

Page range: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eual-2022-0001

Keywords
unfair trade practices, food supply chain, legislation, bargaining power

© 2022 Michaela Arpášová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Legal Regulation of Unfair Trade Practices in Food Supply Chain

Published Online: Aug 05, 2022

Page range: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eual-2022-0001

Keywordsunfair trade practices, food supply chain, legislation, bargaining power

© 2022 Michaela Arpášová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
unfair trade practices, food supply chain, legislation, bargaining power