A Franchise Agreement as an Act of Unfair Competition

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the commercial concession agreement and antitrust immunities provided for by the provisions of the Law on the Protection of Competition and allowing business entities to use the design of the commercial concession agreement in order to conceal their own violations. A legal assessment of the nature of a commercial concession agreement is given, the boundaries between the legitimate protection of the rights and legitimate interests of a cheating entity and a violation of the requirements of antimonopoly legislation are determined.