LE INTESE RESTRITTIVE DELLA CONCORRENZA NELL’ATTIVITÀ DELL’AGCM (ANNO 2014)

The analysis of the decisions adopted by the Italian Antitrust Authority (i.e. Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato, « Agcm »), under Article 2 of the Law no. 287/1990 and Article 101 of the Tfeu, shows a significant increase compared to previous years. At the same time, a great increase of proceedings closed through the acceptance of commitments and of those ended with the pronunciation of non- infringement for lack of sufficient evidence of the existence of the unlawful practice, can be observed. Finally, 2014 shows an ongoing interest of Agcm toward practices in the pharmaceutical sector, professional services and vertical agreements between suppliers and retailers (especially in large-scale food sector).