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Keeping competition
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Interview                  l Concurrences N° 2-2022
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Andreas Heinemann
President
Swiss Competition Commission, Bern

Interview conducted by Dr Pranvera Këllezi, Attorney at law in Geneva and member of the Swiss Competition
Commission, and David Mamane, Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich
Interview

Andreas Heinemann
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Swiss Competition Commission, Bern

Interview conducted by Dr Pranvera
Këllezi, Attorney at law in Geneva and
member of the Swiss Competition          mann: Keeping
                                         competition
Commission, and David Mamane,
Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich

                                         policy up to date
Since 2019                               Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the current Swiss Cartel Act and the
Member of the Bureau of the OECD         organizational setup of the COMCO. What changed with the Cartel Act of 1995
Competition Committee                    that came into force in 1996? What are, in your view, the most important mile-
                                         stones over the last twenty-five years?

                                         We have had competition laws before 1996, but they were full of loopholes, and
Since 2011                               the old institutions did not have the necessary powers. The Swiss economy was
Member of the Swiss Competition          characterized by a large number of cartels that were disappearing only gradually.
Commission, since 2012 as Vice-          The Cartel Act of 1995 brought a paradigm shift: For the first time, the goal of
President, since 2018 as President       the law was to protect effective competition. Precise rules have been formulated,
                                         and it is not possible any longer (except for the government) to justify restrictive
                                         behaviour based on public interest considerations as was the case before.
Since 2001                               A preventive merger control has been introduced. And, most importantly, the
Professor at the Universities of
                                         COMCO has been given the competence to take its own decisions. Before, you
Lausanne and Zurich with a focus
                                         had to ask the ministry, which then decided whether to act. This considerably
on competition law
                                         weakened enforcement. However, even with the Cartel Act of 1995, one element
                                         was still missing. The law did not provide for fines against infringements. Firms
                                         could only be fined for not complying with a COMCO decision. In 2004, fines
                                         for competition law violations as well as a leniency system were introduced. Since
                                         then, public enforcement in Switzerland has been state of the art and follows the
                                         leading enforcement model in Europe—i.e. the administrative system where the
                                         authority has the competence to take decisions and to impose fines, under the
                                         control of the courts, of course.

                                         Milestones have been the procedures against hardcore cartels, including but not
                                         limited to the construction sector. The large number of procedures against bid
                                         rigging in the Canton of Grisons has attracted great public attention. Another
                                         series of cases concerned restrictions of parallel imports into Switzerland.
                                         The GABA, BMW and Nikon cases set out the principles based on which the
                                         COMCO fights against the foreclosure of Swiss markets to foreign markets. These
                                         decisions, all confirmed by the courts, have had important practical consequences.
                                         In the past, so-called European Economic Area (EEA) clauses were common in
                                         European distribution contracts. They prohibited exports to countries outside
                                         the EEA and thus also to Switzerland. Today, contracts have been adapted so
                                         that exports not only to EEA countries but also to Switzerland are allowed. And
                                         finally, it is worth mentioning the proceedings against network monopolies in
                                         infrastructure: Twenty years ago, the COMCO opened up electricity markets, and
                                         in 2020 we did the same in the gas sector.

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Is Switzerland still the land where the cartelists meet                            You have been a member of the COMCO since

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without being disturbed? What are the most recent focal                            2011 and have been the president of the COMCO

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points of the COMCO, and what are your main concerns                               since 2018. What do you consider as your biggest
for the near future?                                                               accomplishments, and is there anything that you regret?

Thanks to the vigorous enforcement of the law, including                           The work of competition authorities is teamwork.
the possibility to impose fines, the attitude towards cartels                      Accomplishments have to be attributed to the whole
has considerably changed. Firms and their associations                             authority, in our case both to the Secretariat with its
have adopted a competition culture, not only in their                              full-time professionals and to the Commission, the
mission statements and their codes of conduct but also in                          decision-making panel, composed of experts in law and
their actual behaviour. So, cartelists no longer feel at ease                      economics. The greatest achievement of the authority
in Switzerland. However, this does not mean that there                             has been the successful defence of our decisions in
are no more cartels in the country. Therefore, one of the                          court in most cases. This has not only implemented the
focal points of the COMCO remains the fight against                                legislation, but has profoundly shaped Swiss competition
hardcore cartels. Another focus is the policy against                              law. What I have especially promoted is the adaptation of
absolute territorial protection in distribution agreements                         our practice to the challenges of our time. It is essential
sealing off Switzerland and thus contributing to the                               to keep competition policy up to date. Therefore, I have
higher price level that we observe in Switzerland. My                              been very much interested in the mutual relationship
main concern for the future is that the successful practice                        between competition law, on the one hand, and questions
of the COMCO in these areas may be put at risk by a                                of innovation, digitization and sustainability, on the
current legislative proposal.                                                      other hand. Moreover, I have always emphasized the
                                                                                   necessity of basing competition law on a solid economic
                                                                                   foundation. However, this does not mean that in each
You are alluding to a current draft legislation that plans                         and every case, a full-fledged effects-based approach has
to reintroduce the need to assess anti-competitive
                                                                                   to be pursued. Modern competition laws are based on a
effects for all types of agreements. The bill is a reaction
                                                                                   mix of form-based elements providing for legal security
to the GABA judgment of the Federal Supreme
Court (FSC), according to which anti-competitive                                   and effects-based elements ensuring economic coherence.
effects do not have to be considered in assessing                                  An example is EU competition law with its distinction
certain types of agreements (e.g. price restrictions                               between restrictions by object and by effect and the
or prohibition of parallel trade). The ruling was criticized                       availability of an efficiency defence.
by commentators as being too broad and formal.

                                                                                   The legislature has entrusted us
What do you think of the legislative proposal?

This legislative proposal is a major threat to the                                 with the task of combating the foreclosure
effectiveness of the Cartel Act. It is based on the
argument that the GABA judgment has impaired legal
                                                                                   of Swiss markets.
certainty and that cooperation between companies is
                                                                                   I regret that I do not seem to have conveyed this message
made more difficult. In the parliamentary debate, it was
                                                                                   sufficiently. The legislative proposal just mentioned,
also argued that consortia and purchasing groups were in
                                                                                   adopted by the Swiss Parliament, aims at abolishing the
danger. None of these arguments is correct: The GABA
                                                                                   category of restrictions by object. If this becomes law,
decision has not weakened legal certainty, but, on the
                                                                                   legal certainty will be seriously affected. The proponents
contrary, has strengthened it. The twists and turns that
                                                                                   of this motion overlook the fact that the economics of
have been taken in interpreting the requirement of a
                                                                                   competition law have to take into consideration not only
“significant” restriction of competition are breathtaking.
                                                                                   substantive law but also enforcement, including its costs
In the GABA decision, the Federal Supreme Court has
                                                                                   and duration. The COMCO will bring these points of
restored legal certainty by returning to the will of the
                                                                                   view into the debate.
legislator, who construed “significance” as a de minimis
rule, comparable to the condition of “appreciability” in
EU competition law. Cooperation between companies is                               Your academic career has given you a very broad
not made more difficult. The COMCO does not get tired                              knowledge of international competition law
of pointing out the legality of consortia and purchasing                           developments, and you regularly also publish on EU
groups. If doubts remain, the legislator could introduce                           competition law. How has this influenced your work with
specific rules on consortia and purchasing groups. The                             the COMCO? Conversely, do you think that there are any
proposal as it is on the table now would strike at the                             specific Swiss law approaches that should be of interest
                                                                                   to foreign competition authorities?
heart of current enforcement. Cartelists and firms sealing
off Swiss markets would try to defend themselves with                              Swiss competition law is strongly influenced by EU law,
the argument that they are small fry or that the proven                            but to varying degrees. The prohibition of the abuse
restrictions only had a small market coverage. The                                 of a dominant position closely follows the EU model,
deterrent effect of the law and legal certainty would be                           while merger control is based on a different approach.
compromised.                                                                       The rules on restrictive agreements are constructed
                                                                                   differently but aim at leading to the same results as EU
                                                                                   competition law. For example, the FSC has decided that
                                                                                   the rules on vertical agreements are “materially identical”
                                                                                   with EU law. We are following the developments in the

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EU closely, and this has been very fruitful for our work.               what will be needed for the application of the DMA.

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Moreover, thanks to the Cooperation Agreement on                        Even without a “Swiss DMA,” traditional competition

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competition matters with the EU, in force since 2014,                   law could be adapted to the specific challenges of the
we can even exchange confidential information under                     platform economy, either by legislative changes or by
certain conditions. However, these influences should not                application of the general rules. In Switzerland, short
obscure the fact that Swiss competition law has its own                 laws with rather broad concepts are given preference. For
objectives and features. For example, the legislature has               example, there are no explicit rules on provider liability
entrusted us with the task of combating the foreclosure                 as provided for in the EU e-Commerce Directive or in
of Swiss markets. We, therefore, do not hesitate to                     the draft DSA. Authorities and courts are entrusted with
oppose territorial protection even more strictly than EU                applying the existing rules to the new phenomena.
competition law already does.
                                                                        Regarding the topics covered by the DMA, it will be
Modern competition laws are based on                                    the task of the COMCO to deal with them by applying

a mix of form-based elements providing
                                                                        general competition law concepts. I could imagine the
                                                                        notion of abuse being opened up to the behaviours
for legal security and effects-based                                    banned by the DMA, but in a competition law way,
elements ensuring economic coherence.                                   i.e. after a careful analysis of the single case and taking
                                                                        into account legitimate business reasons. The COMCO
Regarding developments of Swiss competition law that                    has already dealt with competition law problems of
could be of interest abroad, I would like to stress the cases           GAFAM. We regularly contact platform companies
where we have broken new ground. For example, in the                    when a competition law procedure is opened in the EU
Swatch case on an obligation to supply mechanical watch                 in order to ensure that the solution found in the EU will
movements to competing watch manufacturers under the                    be applied to Switzerland as well. And we have our own
abuse of dominance rules, we created a “phasing out”                    GAFAM cases. For example, the Swiss mobile payment
model that allowed the dominant firm to stop deliveries                 app TWINT faced problems on iPhones because Apple
after six years. The idea was to create incentives for                  Pay, in some cases, automatically launched when users
market participants to build up an alternative production               tried to pay with TWINT. We agreed with Apple that
of watch movements. According to our observations,                      a technical solution is offered to TWINT in order to
this strategy has been successful. Moreover, innovation                 guarantee an undisturbed payment process.
has been promoted since the market has generated
watch movements with new features. The example shows
                                                                        It would be an excellent side effect if
                                                                        private enforcement, which is totally
that it may be fruitful to limit in time an obligation to
supply imposed on a dominant firm because market
participants thus know that they cannot rely on supplies                unsatisfactory in Switzerland today,
by the dominant firm forever. Another interesting case is               were fuelled by the new concept of relative
Hors-Liste. Here, the COMCO, confirmed by the FSC,                      market power.
fined manufacturers for vertical price fixing because
their allegedly non-binding price recommendations were
followed in the market widely. The decision has been                    This year the Swiss Parliament has reinforced
criticized by some observers because no pressure and no                 the concept of economic dependence, and the
incentives in order to respect the recommended prices                   new rules entered into force on 1 January 2022.
were involved. What the critics overlook is that the price              What will be the main challenges for the COMCO
                                                                        when investigating and assessing this new piece
recommendations were constantly conveyed to retailers
                                                                        of legislation?
by independent third parties via an electronic database
and appeared as soon as retailers scanned the barcode                   Explicit rules on economic dependence and relative
of the product. Apparently, the COMCO was the first                     market power are new to Swiss law. It will be an important
to deal with a vertical price-fixing scenario in the digital            task for the COMCO to unfold these rules. On the one
economy and has developed new “plus factors” that                       hand, it has to be clarified under which conditions one
transform a non-binding price recommendation into                       company is dependent on another. On the other hand,
illegal resale price maintenance.                                       it has to be worked out which behaviour is prohibited
                                                                        for a firm with relative market power. Contrary to other
                                                                        jurisdictions, all the general rules of conduct for dominant
The EU is about to introduce new legislation to ensure                  firms apply. It will be challenging to develop what sense
contestability of digital markets (DMA and DSA).
                                                                        these prohibitions have in the context of relative market
Do you think Switzerland needs a similar legislation?
                                                                        power. In order to create a common starting point, we
If not, how does the COMCO deal with market power
in the digital economy? Have there been examples                        have published on our website an explanatory note and
of procedures against the GAFAM, and will COMCO                         a form for filing a complaint. In this context, I would
get inspired by the material rules in the DMA?                          like to stress the following point: The application of
                                                                        the new rules is not in the exclusive competence of
Small and medium-sized jurisdictions do not have the                    the COMCO. Private litigation is supposed to play a
capacity to set up a new organism dealing with ex ante                  major role. The COMCO would like to make guiding
regulation of the world’s leading platforms. The number                 decisions and to contribute its expertise to the civil
of employees of our entire authority is smaller than                    proceedings through its amicus curiae function. It would

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be an excellent side effect if private enforcement, which is                       Often, the positive effects of functioning
                                                                                   markets are not directly observable.

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by the new concept of relative market power. At best,
civil courts could take over completely after some leading                         Therefore, the contribution of competition
cases and enough experience.                                                       law to general well-being is frequently
                                                                                   underestimated.
In particular, the new rules would force suppliers
outside of Switzerland to provide Swiss buyers with                                If we look at COMCO’s action over the years,
products at the same price and market conditions in any                            the COMCO has built a two-fold tradition, on the
country worldwide. Does the mere fact that a product is                            one hand, in regulating markets—e.g. in the watch or
commercialized at a higher price in Switzerland than in                            the card payment industry—and, on the other hand,
any other country already imply a position of economic                             in using competition law to deregulate markets—e.g.
dependence?                                                                        in the electricity and gas supply industries. What is the
                                                                                   right blend in your view of regulation and competition,
Relative market power and abusive behaviour are two
                                                                                   and is the competition law regime always a good basis
prerequisites that have to be distinguished. It is true that                       for regulating markets?
a new rule in the law declares abusive the restriction of
the opportunity for buyers to purchase certain goods                               In Switzerland, we have an approach towards regulation
or services at foreign prices. However, this rule only                             that differs considerably from the situation in the
applies to firms with relative market power. Therefore,                            EU: The danger of excessive interventionism by the
relative market power has to be proved separately. One                             regulator is emphasized. This leads to a preference
of the reasons to introduce the new concept was to                                 for self-regulation and negotiated solutions. It is only
create a level playing field between domestic and foreign                          when decentralized solutions fail that state regulation is
manufacturers. Swiss firms shall not be disadvantaged                              considered necessary, and then only ex post and not ex
vis-à-vis their foreign competitors by having to pay higher                        ante like in the EU. The reluctance to regulate is regularly
factor prices. Therefore, one could think about assuming                           accompanied by the argument that any problems that
dependence when the access to cheaper input factors                                may arise could be solved by general competition law.
abroad is indispensable in order to create or maintain                             Thus, the COMCO has an additional task: We have to
international competitiveness. On the other hand, this                             ensure competition in sectors that in other jurisdictions
would go beyond the concept of economic dependence in                              would be liberalized and supervised by a specific sector
other jurisdictions. The COMCO will deal with this and                             regulation. Examples of liberalization by competition
many other questions as and when relevant complaints                               law concern the electricity and gas supply industries.
arrive.                                                                            An example of supervision by competition law is the card
                                                                                   payment industry: In the EU, interchange fees for card-
                                                                                   based payment transactions are the object of detailed
It can also be noted that the courts had to deal with                              regulation. As we do not have that, it is the COMCO’s
a number of procedural aspects of the investigations                               job to intervene against excessive tariffs.
by the COMCO. Would you be in favour of clarifying
procedural rules in a procedural act for competition law
                                                                                   Our case law in the watch industry is different. Here, we
investigations?
                                                                                   had to deal with a classical question of competition law:
Procedural issues occupy the authority intensively.                                Under which conditions is a dominant firm under a duty
The COMCO has developed best practices for example                                 to supply? In this case, as already mentioned, we have
regarding the right to be heard, nemo tenetur, access                              developed an innovative phasing-out model. According
to files, the conduct of dawn raids and the publication                            to our observations, this approach has been successful.
of decisions and case reports. Our decisions have been                             In sum, in a jurisdiction characterized by a prudent
confirmed by the courts in most cases, sometimes                                   approach to regulation, the competition authority is
corrected. Of course, procedural rules could be laid                               charged with several tasks: Not only do the general
down in more detail. However, one should not have too                              goals of competition law have to be fulfilled, but also the
high expectations. Even if procedural rules are further                            absence of regulatory law has to be compensated. In my
elaborated, problems in practice are often so specific that                        view, the COMCO is well up to this multitasking.
you will not find the answer in the law, no matter how
detailed it has been drafted. Just to give one example: We
had to deal with whether former directors can be heard as
                                                                                   It belongs to the DNA of competition law
witnesses (under a duty to testify) or as parties (with the                        to have its rules applied equally to domestic
right to refuse to testify). The FSC eventually confirmed                          and foreign companies.
that former directors are witnesses. I doubt if such a
detail would be part of new procedural rules. Against
                                                                                   You have a long career in competition law as an
this backdrop, the added value of a specific procedural
                                                                                   academic and enforcer. How were you introduced
act would be limited.
                                                                                   to competition law? Have your views changed
                                                                                   with the time on any position on competition law?
                                                                                   Do you see a change in the perception of the public
                                                                                   and politicians towards competition law?

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I studied both law and economics in the 1980s, before                  you cannot show clear and tangible improvements, or

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the fall of the Iron Curtain. In that era, newspapers,                 to fight anti-competitive reforms if you cannot present

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politicians, scholars and the general public were still                direct harm. For example, a specific characteristic of
discussing intensively the comparison between market                   our time is protectionist tendencies, also in competition
economy and centrally planned economy, between Adam                    policy. In Switzerland, a “reimport clause” was on the
Smith and Karl Marx, so to speak. In economics, the                    table that would have exempted domestic manufacturers
history of economic thought was my favourite subject.                  from certain consequences of the relative market power
I was fascinated to see how Walter Eucken had dissected                rules. Eventually, this proposal did not prevail, but that
the weaknesses of laissez-faire, on the one hand, and                  was a close call. I think that it belongs to the DNA of
central planning, on the other hand. The ordoliberals                  competition law to have its rules applied equally to
opted for a market economy based on competition and                    domestic and foreign companies. Competition authorities
therefore strongly condemned cartels. Convinced by                     should use their advocacy role in order to inform the
these insights, I turned to competition law and policy                 public debate in this sense.
at an early stage. I think that this subject is more than
just an area of law (although I am aware that every
specialist feels this way about her field). The decision on            What would you recommend to a young student or
                                                                       practitioner who is interested in competition law?
how the economy should be organized has far-reaching
                                                                       Should she pursue a career in academics, in the
consequences, also for the flourishing of democracy. The
                                                                       authority or private practice, or a blend of all that?
most important extension of my view on competition law
occurred in the 1990s when I worked on a book dealing                  I would recommend that students start already at
with the relationship between competition law and                      university, focusing not only on competition law but
intellectual property protection. Fields that had been seen            also on neighbouring fields like intellectual property
as conflicting turned out to share the same goal, namely,              protection, public procurement, international trade law,
to foster innovation. This dynamic interpretation has had              and the internal market law of the European Union,
a strong impact on my concept of competition law.                      no matter if they live in or outside this area. The next
                                                                       step could be an internship at the authority or with a
The public perception of competition law varies over                   law firm specialized in competition law. Then the young
time. However, there is one constant. The market                       colleague will see if the fascination lasts. I am sure that
mechanism works in a decentralized way. Often, the                     this will be the case for many who immerse themselves
positive effects of functioning markets are not directly               in this matter. Competition law is the field where law
observable. Therefore, the contribution of competition                 and economics meet in the closest way. It also raises
law to general well-being is frequently underestimated.                fundamental questions about economic policy. And not
Reforms are only successful if the resulting benefits                  to forget, competition law is a very international subject.
are clearly illustrated. For example, the introduction                 During your career, you will come into contact with
of the concept of relative market power into Swiss law,                many international issues and meet people from all over
mentioned above, was due to the “Fair Price Initiative,”               the world. The number of related networks is impressive.
which held out the prospect of lower prices in Switzerland.            As a result, you will rethink your own views all the time.
It is more difficult to push pro-competitive reforms if                What could be more enriching? n

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de fond sont effectuées sous                                                         Anne Wachsmann
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onze chroniques thématiques.
                                                                                     Distribution
                                    Dossiers                                         Nicolas Eréséo, Nicolas Ferrier,
                                                                                     Anne‑Cécile Martin, Philippe Vanni
                                    Jacques Barrot, Jean-François Bellis,
                                    David Bosco, Murielle Chagny, John Connor,       Concentrations
                                    Damien Géradin, Assimakis Komninos,              Olivier Billard, François Brunet,
                                    Christophe Lemaire, Ioannis Lianos,              Jean‑Mathieu Cot, Eric Paroche, David Tayar,
                                    Pierre Moscovici, Jorge Padilla, Emil Paulis,    Simon Vande Walle
                                    Robert Saint-Esteben, Jacques Steenbergen,
                                    Florian Wagner-von Papp, Richard Whish...        Aides d’État
                                                                                     Jacques Derenne, Francesco Martucci,
                                                                                     Bruno Stromsky, Raphaël Vuitton

                                    Articles                                         Procédures
                                                                                     Alexandre Lacresse, Christophe Lemaire
                                    Guy Canivet, Emmanuelle Claudel,
                                    Emmanuel Combe, Thierry Dahan, Luc Gyselen,      Régulations
                                    Daniel Fasquelle, Barry Hawk, Nathalie           Orion Berg, Guillaume Dezobry,
                                    Homobono, Laurence Idot, Frédéric Jenny,         Emmanuel Guillaume, Sébastien Martin,
                                    Bruno Lasserre, Luc Peeperkorn, Anne Perrot,     Francesco Martucci
                                    Nicolas Petit, Catherine Prieto, Patrick Rey,
                                    Joseph Vogel, Wouter Wils...                     Mise en concurrence
                                                                                     Bertrand du Marais, Arnaud Sée,
                                                                                     Fabien Tesson

                                    Pratiques                                        Actions publiques
                                                                                     Jean-Philippe Kovar, Aurore Laget‑Annamayer,
                                    Tableaux jurisprudentiels : Actualité des
                                    enquêtes de concurrence, Actions en réparation   Jérémy Martinez, Francesco Martucci
                                    des pratiques anticoncurrencielles, Bilan de     Droits européens
                                    la pratique des engagements, Droit pénal et
                                                                                     et étrangers
                                    concurrence, Legal privilege, Cartel Profiles
                                    in the EU...                                     Walid Chaiehloudj, Rafael Allendesalazar,
                                                                                     Silvia Pietrini

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                                    Belgium, Brésil, Canada, China, Germany,
                                    Hong‑Kong, India, Japan, Luxembourg,             Sous la direction de Catherine Prieto
                                    Switzerland, Sweden, USA...

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