Avrupa Birliği Rekabet Hukukunda Ekonomik Faaliyet Kavramı

Yıl 2016, Sayı: 65, 44 - 97, 01.06.2016

Feyza Başar

Öz

Avrupa Birliği AB iç pazar ve rekabet kurallarının uygulanabilmesi için ortada bir ekonomik faaliyet bulunması gerekmektedir. Ancak ekonomik faaliyetin ne olduğu AB Antlaşmalarında tanımlanmamış, bunun yerine ekonomik faaliyetin varlığının tespiti için AB Mahkemeleri verdikleri kararlar ile bazı ölçütler geliştirmişlerdir. Ekonomik olan ile olmayan arasındaki ayrım, daha çok bir üye devletin politik tercihleri ve ekonomik özelliklerine dayanmakta olup bugün için ekonomik sayılmayan belirli bir faaliyetin gelecekte de ekonomik sayılmayacağını iddia etmek mümkün değildir. Bu çalışmada, AB içtihat hukuku temel alınarak hangi faaliyetlerin ekonomik sayılacağı, hangi faaliyetlerin ise ekonomik sayılmayacağı açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır

Anahtar Kelimeler

Avrupa Birliği, Ekonomik Faaliyet, Kamu Hizmetleri, Kamu

The Notion of Economic Activity In The European Union Competition Law

Öz

For the European Union EU competition and internal market rules to be applicable, there should be an economic activity. However, in the absence of a definition of economic activity in the EU Treaties, the EU Courts have developed certain criteria to detect the existence of economic activity through their jurisprudence. Since the distinction between economic and non-economic activities depends on political choice and economic specifities of the Member States, it is not possible to claim that a certain activity, which is not economic for today would never be economic in the future. In this work it is attamped to explain that which activities are economic and which are non economic on the basis of case-law developed by the EU Courts

Anahtar Kelimeler

European Union, Economic Activity, Public Services, Public Goods

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