Airport services – the competition law and airport regulations

There are two types of conditions relating to the provision of airport services- conditions resulting from competition law and conditions resulting from sectoral regulations. These conditions differ mainly in the nature of public intervention. Present competition law considerations of airport services in the EU and Poland derive from legislation and case law on the three major areas of application of the competition rules of (mainly) European Union: the prohibition of restrictive practices (agreements restricting competition and abuse of a dominant position) , preventive merger control and prohibition of anti-competitive practices. In all these areas could potentially occur violations of competition rules, both by airport managers and the airport users