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The EU Practice of Horizontal Agreement Assessment in Accordance with the Rule of Providing De Minimis Exemption

By: Andrius Puksas  
Open Access
|Feb 2013

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Language: English
Page range: 65 - 80
Published on: Feb 8, 2013
Published by: Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2013 Andrius Puksas, published by Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
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