Copenhagen Economics has interviewed ECA and several esteemed Estonian competition lawyers for the chapter on Estonia. The findings show that the use of economic analysis in competition law cases is still quite limited in Estonia.

For example, in mergers, structural analysis and a focus on concentration levels seem the predominant paradigm. Cartels are criminalised in Estonia, which raises the burden of proof. There have not been any follow-on cartel damage cases. It is an Estonian particularity that there are many excessive pricing cases, with the Estonian Competition Authority (ECA) also being the price regulator in many industries. The knowledge and experience from price regulation cases has led to many excessive pricing cases and affected the economic methods used. The ECN+ directive could, however, lead to economics having larger role investigations.

Learn more in the Handbook of Competition Economics’ chapter on Estonia, written by Emmi Martikainen and Anssi Kohonen.

An extract from GCR’s Competition Economics Handbook 2020, first published in November 2019.

For further information, please contact Emmi Martikainen.