The EU’s Competition Investigation into Amazon’s Marketplace
The EU’s Competition Investigation into Amazon’s Marketplace
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欧盟对亚马逊市场的竞争调查
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.3495203
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发表时间：
2018
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通讯作者：
Philipp Westerhoff
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作者：
Thomas Hoppner;Philipp Westerhoff
2018年9月，欧盟委员会发出了正式的信息请求，以调查亚马逊反竞争行为的指控。该调查涉及亚马逊为零售商提供的第三方销售平台（“亚马逊市场”）与亚马逊自己的在线零售业务之间的相互依赖关系。亚马逊同时在上游的商业中介市场（“商家”）和下游的零售市场（“消费者”）经营，这给亚马逊带来了强烈的利益冲突。本文概述了欧盟委员会调查的背景，以及亚马逊参与调查的行为目前的焦点和可能的损害理论。
In September 2018, the European Commission sent out formal requests for information to investigate allegations of an anticompetitive conduct by Amazon. The investigation relates to the interdependencies between Amazon’s third-party sales platform for retailers (“Amazon Marketplace”) and Amazon’s own online retail operations. Operating both on an upstream intermediation market for businesses (“merchants”) and downstream retail markets vis-a-vis its end customers (“shoppers”) has created a strong conflict of interest for Amazon. This article outlines the background to the EC’s investigation and the current focus and likely theories of harm regarding Amazon’s conduct involved in the investigation.