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Resale price maintenance in South African competition law
Resale Price Maintenance (‘RPM') refers to a particular type of vertical agreement in which an upstream firm controls or restricts the price at which a downstream firm can on-sell its product or service, typically to final consumers.1 Usually the parties agree to set either a minimum or maximum resa...
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| description | Resale Price Maintenance (‘RPM') refers to a particular type of vertical agreement in which an upstream firm controls or restricts the price at which a downstream firm can on-sell its product or service, typically to final consumers.1 Usually the parties agree to set either a minimum or maximum resale price. Maximum RPM covers those situations in which an upper limit or ceiling is placed on the price the retailer can charge for a product. In contrast, when it comes to minimum RPM, a lower bound or floor is placed on the price at which the retailer can on-sell the product.2 Fixing the minimum resale price is generally treated more strictly by competition law as it is considered to have more severe anti-competitive effects, for example the elimination or reduction of intra-brand competition and an increase in price transparency that might facilitate horizontal collusion upstream or downstream. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43045 Resale price maintenance in South African competition law Spangler, Simon Kelly, Luke Davis, Dennis Resale price South African competition law Resale Price Maintenance (‘RPM') refers to a particular type of vertical agreement in which an upstream firm controls or restricts the price at which a downstream firm can on-sell its product or service, typically to final consumers.1 Usually the parties agree to set either a minimum or maximum resale price. Maximum RPM covers those situations in which an upper limit or ceiling is placed on the price the retailer can charge for a product. In contrast, when it comes to minimum RPM, a lower bound or floor is placed on the price at which the retailer can on-sell the product.2 Fixing the minimum resale price is generally treated more strictly by competition law as it is considered to have more severe anti-competitive effects, for example the elimination or reduction of intra-brand competition and an increase in price transparency that might facilitate horizontal collusion upstream or downstream. 2026-03-26T07:06:06Z 2026-03-26T07:06:06Z 2011 2026-03-24T09:57:57Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43045 en eng application/pdf School For Advanced Legal Studies Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Resale price South African competition law Spangler, Simon Resale price maintenance in South African competition law |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Resale price maintenance in South African competition law |
| title_full | Resale price maintenance in South African competition law |
| title_fullStr | Resale price maintenance in South African competition law |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resale price maintenance in South African competition law |
| title_short | Resale price maintenance in South African competition law |
| title_sort | resale price maintenance in south african competition law |
| topic | Resale price South African competition law |
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