Non-compete clauses as a barrier to the development of alternative taxi 
Reservation channels in the light of the decision of the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato of 27 June 2018 (case I801B, Taxi – Milano) Cover Image

Klauzule o zakazie konkurencji jako bariera rozwoju alternatywnych kanałów rezerwacji taksówek w świetle decyzji Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato z 27 czerwca 2018 r. (sprawa I801B, Taxi – Milano)
Non-compete clauses as a barrier to the development of alternative taxi Reservation channels in the light of the decision of the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato of 27 June 2018 (case I801B, Taxi – Milano)

Author(s): Grzegorz Materna
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Commercial Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: taxi transport services; vertical agreements; non-compete clause;new technologies;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses a decision taken by the Italian Competition Authority that concerns vertical relations between taxi corporations and taxi drivers in Milan. According to the Authority’s decision, non-compete clauses for taxi drivers may have a foreclosing effect for entrants that use new technologies, and thereby create an alternative to incumbent radio taxi corporations. However, the Authority’s classification of the non-compete clauses resulted from the economic and market context in which they were used, and above all, from the fact that these non-compete clauses were used by taxi corporations that included almost all taxi drivers operating in Milan. In other economic and legal conditions, the Authority found that the effect of the investigated non-compete clauses might be different.

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 154-162
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish