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The basis of competition law in Slovenia is represented by a series of constitutional provisions enabling the independence of legal entities.1 The main constitutional provisions are as follows: Art. 33, private property rights; Art. 49, rights on the freedom of employment; Art. 74, freedom of commercial initiative; Art. 74(2) the prohibition of unfair competition; and Art. 74(4) on certain acts restricting competition. Article 74(4) is a quite a nomotechnical curiosity in comparative constitutional law. Even though the Constitution introduced a negative definition for the restriction of competition (i.e. the following acts are shall be prohibited ...), restrictions may not be considered as absolute because the subsumption is left over to the law.
This text is based on the author’s contribution at the Max Planck Symposium “Das Recht gegen unlauteren Wettbewerb in den neuen Mitgliedstaaten: Impulse für Europa?”, held in Budapest (June 16–18, 2005) and on a text published in Ekey (ed.), “Wettbewerbsrecht Heidelberger Kommentar” 1006–1015 (2005).
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A deeper analysis is substituted by a table of cases as per June 1, 2004 related with Art. 13 of the ZVK: Supreme Court, January 8, 1997, decision No. 12396, (prohibition of temporal ballot of coupons in the casino); Supreme Court, September 25, 1997, decision No. 12631 (prohibition of temporal ballot of coupons in the casino); Supreme Court, April 17, 2003, decision No. 15306 (temporal prohibition of unfair competition); Supreme Court, October 15, 1998, decision No. 40199 (trade mark relating case — imitation); Supreme Court, March 9, 2000, decision No. 40301 (illegal acquisition of business secrecy); Supreme Court, December 23, 1999, decision No. 40311 (unfair competition); Supreme Court, March 9, 2000, decision No. 40353 (unfair competition and sale of goods); Supreme Court, June 20, 2002, decision No. 40585 (unfair competition and securities); Supreme Court, November 21, 2002, decision No. 40589 (firm; advertising of business activities); Ljubljana High Court, December 6, 1995, I Cpg 1518/1995 (unfair competition and trade mark); Ljubljana High Court, December 13, 1995, I Cpg 436/1994 (protection of firm); Kranj High Court, October 7, 1999, I Cpg 14/1999; Kranj High Court, October 7, 1999, I Cpg 15/1999 (sales); Ljubljana High Court, January 13, 2000, I Cpg 1459/1999 (unfair competition); Ljubljana High Court, April 6, 2000, I Cpg 1399/1999 (unfair competition and damages); Ljubljana High Court, April 6, 2000, I Cpg 170/2000 (unfair competition and intellectual property rights); Ljubljana High Court, May 25, 2000, I Cpg I 102/2000 (trade mark, right of personality); Ljubljana High Court, April 12, 2001, I Cpg 386/2001 (trade mark); Ljubljana High Court, September 21, 2001, I Cpg 943/2001 (Unfair competition and intellectual property rights; good commercial practices); Administrative Court of Slovenia, October 9, 2002, 1590/2001 (unfair competition; preliminary ruling); Administrative Court of Slovenia, December 10, 2002, U 79/2000; February 12, 2003, U 1622/2000 (Market Inspector’s measure); Administrative Court of Slovenia, May 8, 2003, UPRS U 287/2000 (human rights, constitutional right to freedom of entrepreneurial action).
Directive 84/450/EEC of September 10, 1984 relating to the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning misleading advertising, OJ L250/17, September 19, 1984.
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Grilc, P. (2007). Unfair Competition Law in Slovenia. In: Hilty, R.M., Henning-Bodewig, F. (eds) Law Against Unfair Competition. MPI Studies on Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71882-6_15
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