Postępowanie w sprawie praktyk nieuczciwie wykorzystujących przewagę kontraktową na rynku rolno-spożywczym jako nowy obszar aktywności administracji publicznej

Abstract

The article is an attempt at analyzing selected provisions of the Act on Counteracting Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in Agricultural and F ood Products turning to whether there is public interest in the need of public authority interrogation in contractual relationships (Civil Law) in B2B relations in the food and agricultural market and whether this material basis for this interference has been properly defined. “Public interest” as an objective of counteracting practices that unfairly uses the contractual advantage of suppliers or buyers, should be considered on the axiological basis of the Act on competition and consumer protection, in the context of ensuring consumer welfare and thus food security of the country. The material prerequisites of the President of UOKiK’s [Office for the Protection of Competition and Consumers] conduct in cases of abuse of a contractual advantage were burdened with a large degree of indeterminacy, entrusting to the authority their clarification with prejudice to the principle of predictability of state bodies’ activities.