Business association
Business associations are the amalgamation of companies in the same branch of industry , the aim of which is to represent common interests to the public .
General
This definition by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) from May 1956 suggests that the term from competition law required clarification. It is a community of convenience with the aim of increasing the use of purchasing power through joint advertising campaigns , events , marketing measures or the like .
Legal issues
The business association is a legal term because business associations may not refuse to accept a company in accordance with Section 20 (5) GWB if the refusal would constitute unjustified unequal treatment and lead to an unfair competitive disadvantage for the company. According to Section 24 GWB, a trade association may draw up competition rules for its area. These determine the behavior of Verbund companies in competition for the purpose of counteracting behavior in competition that contradicts the principles of fair competition or the effectiveness of competitive competition and to encourage behavior in competition that corresponds to these principles.
species
The most important trade associations are the corporate group , the cooperative auditing associations and the steel trade association , which is organized as an interest group.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ BGHZ 21, 1 , 4
- ↑ Christoph Schücking, in: Münchner Handbuch des Unternehmensrechts , Volume 1, 3rd edition, 2009, § 4 Rn. 4th
- ↑ Thomas Lepping, Communication and Change - Current Challenges in Communal Consulting , in: SITE - Journal for Applied Geography , 1/2004, pp. 24–28
- ^ Gerhard Erk, compulsory membership and acceptance in the cooperative auditing system , 1967, p. 145
