20.500.12556/RUL-168373 An inquiry into the guidelines on the application of EU competition law to collective agreements concerning the working conditions of the solo self-employed Vpogled v Smernice o uporabi konkurenčnega prava EU za kolektivne pogodbe glede delovnih pogojev samozaposlenih oseb, ki ne zaposlujejo drugih The purpose of this article is to examine the compatibility of collective agreements for self-employed persons with the principles of European competition law. According to European law, self-employed persons are considered to be on equal footing with companies, thus making them susceptible to violating competition rules by entering into agreements on working conditions. The judgments of the European Court of Justice in the Albany and FNV Kunsten cases have established that collective agreements for self-employed persons are not generally exempted from the rules prohibiting restrictions on competition. However, considering the protection needs of numerous self-employed persons, a change in approach seems necessary. In 2022, the European Commission adopted Guidelines aiming to clarify the scope of EU competition law regarding collective agreements for self-employed persons. The objective is to exclude self-employed individuals who are most in need of trade union protection. However, there are some critical points in the Guidelines that warrant attention, such as the assessment of the compatibility of collective agreements for self-employed persons with competition law being conducted on an individual basis. A collective approach to the issue appears necessary instead of an individual one. Therefore, it seems appropriate to reflect on the dialectic between market freedom and social rights in European law concerning this specific issue, particularly in light of the recent proposal. self-employment European labour law European competition law labour protection samozaposlene osebe evropsko delovno pravo konkurenčno pravo varstvo delavcev kolektivne pogodbe Evropska unija Smernice o uporabi konkurenčnega prava EU true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-04-10 13:26:26 2025-04-10 13:26:29 2025-04-11 04:18:10 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 99-118 Letn. 83 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 331.106.24:331.102.12 1854-3839 10.51940/2023.1.99-118 183596291 zzr.2023.05.giampa.pdf zzr.2023.05.giampa.pdf 1 AF86B4B7FCE0DCCD85CFD5E919F27C81 1e63d263f954e305390865b560b3831d95ab647192456fc6fb57202348232257 b51ff614-15fd-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=201736 https://www.pf.uni-lj.si/assets/media/zzr.2023.05.giampa.pdf 0 ad7e7151-15fd-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=201735 Pravna fakulteta Zbornik znanstvenih razprav 0 0 0