%R MTMT:35469503 10.1093/jeclap/lpae036 %I szte %J JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW AND PRACTICE %T The doctrine of ancillary restrictions as a delimitation tool and an absorption principle: twin notions but not identical twins %A Nagy Csongor IstvĂĄn %P 299-305 %L publicatio34974 %V 15 %X Contrary to the general view, âancillary restrictionsâ designate two separate conceptions, which should be treated as separate doctrines. As a âdelimitation toolâ, ancillarity separates ânakedâ and âancillaryâ restrictions based on âreasonable necessityâ. As an âabsorption principleâ, ancillarity is a rule of thumb that screens out certain lawful agreements based on the idea that a lawful main transaction (or the legality of the main transaction) absorbs all objectively necessary (indispensable) restrictions. %D 2024 %N 5