A restrictive arrangement will be approved if it does not cause substantial damage to competition or prevents it

Foreign corporations were sued for damage caused to Israeli consumers due to a restrictive arrangement to which they were parties.  Within this framework, they coordinated prices, quantities and bids in the manufacturing of a component integrated into hard drives. The Court held that the Israeli Court is the proper forum to adjudicate the lawsuit.  To […]

The Ministry of Transport refused to renew the direct import licenses of a motorcycle importer for both Yamaha and Kawasaki brands, ruling that the license could only be renewed for one of them. The Supreme Court dismissed the importer’s appeal on competition grounds.  The Israeli Law for the Licensing of Services and Professions in the […]

The Central Company for Beverage Distribution Ltd., which is a monopoly in its field, included in its agreements with its customers an option to cancel the agreement in the event of a reduction in the customer’s purchases and the Director General of the Competition Authority imposed a fine thereupon. The Supreme Court held that the […]

A gas products marketer, which sells products to several distributors, demanded that a store owner, with whom it had worked for 15 years, not advertise products at a price lower than the price it set.  After the store owner objected to the demand, contending it is a forbidden restrictive arrangement, the distributor stopped supplying its […]