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Partial Revision Of The Swiss Cartel Act

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In today's final vote, the Swiss Parliament voted in favour of the partial revision of the Cartel Act.

SwitzerlandAntitrust/Competition Law
Stefanie Karlen
Stefanie Karlen
Daniel Emch
Daniel Emch

In today's final vote, the Swiss Parliament voted in favour of the partial revision of the Cartel Act.

The most important changes in the partial revision are:

  • Effects-based analysis for agreements affecting competition (art. 5 CartA) and abuse of market dominance/relative market power (art. 7 CartA): In both cases, the law now explicitly requires an effects-based analysis. Furthermore, the concept of directly sanctionable price agreements is defined more narrowly.
  • Lower intervention threshold in merger control proceedings: There will be a shift from the qualified market dominance test to the stricter Significant Impediment to Effective Competition (SIEC) test, which is also used in the EU.

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