Competition policy and the agribusiness sector in the European Union
分析了欧盟农业综合企业部门的主要反垄断决策，讨论了从投入供应商到零售商的市场结构及竞争问题，指出农民是产业链中最薄弱环节。
This paper analyses the main antitrust decisions in the agribusiness sector in Europe. First, legislation and economic principles are recalled. Then for input suppliers, farmers, manufacturers, and retailers, we give a brief presentation of the market structure and discuss the main competition concerns according to the most recent antitrust decisions. Farmers are the weakest link of the entire chain, given the degree of concentration in the upstream and downstream industries in Europe. The use of the concept of buying power could be developed by competition authorities to balance power along the agro‐food chain.