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Competition Law

Anti-competitive agreements are rarely formalised. Parties often don't even meet or communicate directly with one other. However, any concerted action, exchange of information or 'meeting of minds' may be illegal collusion.

UK and EU competition laws prohibit anti-competitive agreements and the abuse of dominant market position. Violating competition law is a serious crime that has led to big fines for companies and long prison sentences!

Our Competition Law Compliance Training Course will help your employees understand anti-competitive practices, how to avoid them and why to speak up if they see anti-competitive behaviour.

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  • 30 Minutes
  • All staff
  • Based on UK legislation, but suitable for global audiences upon the removal of UK-specific references and translation as necessary.

Learning objectives

  • Identify types of anti-competitive agreement
  • Take action to avoid entering into anti-competitive agreements
  • Adopt measures to avoid abuse of market dominance
  • Prevent inadvertent infringements of competition law
  • Take immediate action to report concerns or violations
  • React appropriately in case of a dawn raid

    What can you expect your employees to learn?

Introduction

What is competition law?

  • Competition law in the UK & EU

Anti-competitive agreements

Horizontal & vertical anti-competitive agreements

  • You decide: Competitive or not?

Horizontal agreements

  • Horizontal block exemptions
  • Hardcore cartels
  • Crossing the line: Hardcore cartels
  • Hub-and-spoke cartels
  • Crossing the line: Hub-and-spoke cartels
  • You decide: Hardcore or hub-and-spoke cartel?
  • Commercially-sensitive information
  • Crossing the line: Commercially-sensitive information
  • You decide: Commercially-sensitive information
  • Cooperation agreements with competitors
  • Vertical agreements
  • Vertical Agreement Block Exemption
  • Restriction on VABEs
  • Online selling
  • Online selling restrictions
  • Crossing the line: Online selling
  • Scenario: Online selling
  • Resale price maintenance
  • Crossing the line: Resale price maintenance
  • You decide: Resale price maintenance
  • Legitimate agreements between related parties

A dominant position

  • You decide: A dominant position or not?
  • Abuse of dominant position
  • Crossing the line: Abuse of a dominant position
  • Scenario: Abuse of a dominant position
  • Tying & bundling
  • Tying & bundling concerns
  • Crossing the line: Tying & bundling
  • You decide: Tying & bundling

Complying with competition law

  • You decide: Acceptable discussion or not?
  • Best practice: Complying with competition law
  • Conversation 1: Profit margin
  • Conversation 2: Environmental footprint
  • Conversation 3: Brand maintenance
  • Conversation 4: Order backlog
  • Conversation 5: The new hire

Enforcement

  • Crossing the line: Enforcement
  • You decide: Enforcement
  • Penalties
  • Whistleblowing

Summary

Affirmation

Assessment

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Under 50 employees?

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Over 50 employees?

We have a range of flexible pricing plans to suit your unique needs. Choose from off-the-shelf course libraries or a customised, bespoke approach to reach your compliance learning goals.

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Your questions, answered

Common FAQs

Are the courses SCORM-compliant?

Yes. This means they can be delivered via the Skillcast Portal or any other SCORM-compliant Learning Management System.

What other tools are needed beyond training?

A comprehensive compliance solution often needs more than just training. Alongside e-learning, tools like declarations, surveys, and registers that track compliance tasks are usually essential. Skillcast provides full support to help you set up these additional tools.

Can users only view the courses assigned to them?

No. All users can view all the courses in your Portal. Additionally, some of these courses may be mandatory, requiring completion by the given deadline.