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Cooperative Mankala-companies – The Acceptability of the Company Form in EC Competition Law

Helsinki Law Review 1/2010 s. 139–156
26.2.2010
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The article handles the so-called Mankala-companies. Their purpose is to produce affordable energy for their owners. Since the owners answer for the production costs of the energy, they have not been considered to gain taxable profit, although they produce electricity at a price lower than the market price. Due to the European Commission’s efforts to increase competition within the energy market and its unfavorable statements on similar arrangements with anticompetitive potential, there might be a need to reassess the acceptance of the model. The article tries to open the conversation around the issue although leaving the resolutions open for future evaluation.

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