It is important to know whether you are looking for a dg competition decision or for a court judgment, and if the latter, to be aware that there is more than one court with jurisdiction. The eu competition rules on horizontal agreements pdf. The book also explains how authorities determine when business restraints infringe on the principles governing the eu internal market, and when member states. The second element economic activity is, however, not applied consistently in the case law. Unlocking eu law routledge, 2014 416 22 renato nazzini. Antitrustcartel cases case search competition european. Special considerations for atypical cartels hub and spoke. Above all, it analyzes and discusses recent decisions of the ecj and the general court. Eu competition law, regulation and the internet the case of net neutrality, by katerina maniadaki. Topics include a thorough analysis of the founding treaty, organization, law and regulations of the european union, as well as examination. It promotes the maintenance of competition within the european single market by regulating anticompetitive conduct by companies to ensure that they do not create cartels and monopolies that would damage the. This book is the first real digest of essays on eu and mostly national case law in the area of competition law. Are competition law instruments sufficient to handle new. Directory of eu case law on competition, second edition.
Carefully selected extracts from key cases, academic articles, and statutory materials are accompanied by indepth commentary and critique from two experienced academics in the field. European commission decisions on competition provides a comprehensive economic classification and analysis of all european commission decisions adopted pursuant to articles 101, 102 and 106 of the feu treaty from 1962 to 2009. Presenting systematically structured and theoretically founded content, the book also includes recommendations for practitioners. Carefully selected extracts from key cases, academic articles. As such, it is the bible in terms of doing research on how a specific competition law issue has been treated by the courts in europe. The eu is also at the forefront of international cooperation in the competition field to promote and propose best practice. Sweet and maxwells eu competition law handbook is the leading guide to competition law and is one of a series of addon commentary modules published on eu competition law online with eu competition law handbook online you can effortlessly find all cases for a particular subject matter and link to full text materials in eu competition law online. European commission decisions on competition by francesco.
Part i deals with competition rules in general cartels, unilateral practices, mergers, whereas part ii is dedicated to specific sectors automobile, energy, insurance, sports. Uk competitionby practical law competitionrelated contentthis section of the practical law competition website provides access to case tracker tables which show the progress and history of historic, recent and current uk competition cases. Kluwer law international, 2015, world competition on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. This clear and concise textbook presents eu competition law in political, economic and comparative context. Books and articles the author has highlighted for further reading. The extracts from leading cases are especially helpful, being to the point, yet not too long, a danger.
European commission press release details page european commission press release brussels, 24 january 2017 the european commission is inviting comments on commitments offered by amazon to address competition concerns relating to parity clauses in contracts with publishers. This book reexamines the issue in the retail financia. The clauses may breach eu antitrust rules and result in reduced competition among e book. Article 85 of the treaty of rome,1 which prohibits agreements that distort competition and, accordingly, agreements that fix prices, is roughly. European union law oxford university press, 2014 533 24 cases 6 and 773, 6 march 1974 25 cases 6 and 773, 6 march 1974. Purposeof thislecture help you to spot eu competitionissues introducethelanguage. Two jurisdictional elements article 1011 tfeu and its field of application with regard to professional selfregulation article 102 tfeu and selfregulatory professions. She has advised several leading indian companies on competition law matters. Competition law of the european union, second edition provides a comprehensive analysis of the competition policy of the european union, along with the latest case law and relevant primary source material.
Liberal professions in the remit of eu competition law. Greater number of case extracts than other books gives a more complete picture of the way rules translate into european jurisprudence. It combines excerpts from key eu rulings with discussions of enforcement policy issues and comparisons with us antitrust cases. It is written very clearly and the material is organized logically and is easy to follow. It is an enlarged and updated sixth edition of the highly practical guide to the leading cases of european competition law.
The text contains everything that you need in order not to check constantly with the case law, since it contains reprints of the relevant paragraphs from the cases as well as relevant parts from articles of scholars. Competition disputes within the eu may be heard by either the eu commission competition directorategeneral dg competition andor by a court. The next essay by chirantan chatterjee discusses the relationship between competition law and intellectual property and innovation. The book s unique structure enables users to quickly locate information on procedural and substantive aspects of competition law. Competition case law digest a synthesis of eu and national. By providing a careful selection of case law and journal opinion combined with penetrating analysis, critique and commentary, eu competition law. This book is designed as a working tool for the study and practice of european competition law. This is the fourth editionn of a standard casebook on european union competition law. Together, the eu member states and efta contracting states make up the eea. Are competition law instruments sufficient to handle new developments in digital media. This 3rd edition of the competition law digest provides a synthesis of eu and national leading antitrust cases from 1990 to 2016.
Oxford university press, 2016, xcvii, 1274 pages, 6th edition. The fragmentation between the commission and the courts is what has caused the debate. The extracts from leading cases are especially helpful, being to the point, yet not too long, a danger with european decisions that sometimes meander. Eu competition law, the consumer interest and data. Competition law of the european union lexisnexis store. Containing an article by article overview of eu competition law jurisprudence and concise selected extracts from judgments in key cases, this book serves as an easy to navigate resource for practitioners, academics. The objective and principles of article 102 oup oxford, 2011 1 23 catherine bernard and steve peers. As regards the question as to whether competition law protects competition only in one specific direction, it is remarkable that european competition law excludes the state as a pure buyer from the area of application of competition law see chapter e. The essential guide to eu competition law for students in one volume. Text, cases, and materials provides a standalone guide that really helps the reader get to grips with this challenging area of law.
This handbook offers detailed descriptions of eu competition law, including mergers and public authorities. Buyer power in competition law status and perspectives. Text, cases, and materials provides a complete guide to european competition law in a single authoritative volume. This sixth edition focuses on article 101 tfeu, article 102 tfeu and the european merger regulation. It is an enlarged and updated sixth edition of the highly. Directory of eu case law on competition, prized since 2007 by practitioners in eu competition law for its easytofind extracts sorted by subject, covers all decisions of the court of justice and the general court of the eu on competition law through the end of 2016. The first of three volumes aiming to provide a comprehensive reference on eu and uk competition law. European competition law is the competition law in use within the european union. In eu law, are these cases not best approached as art 10 cases balancing benefits to consumers v.
Carefully selected extracts from key cases, academic articles, and statutory materials are accompanied by indepth author commentary from two. European union tfeu and article 54 of the eea agreement case at. The eu competition rules on horizontal agreements 3. Free practical law trialto access this resource, sign up for a free trial of. The only casebook available that provides a thorough analysis of the economics of competition law. Iceland, liechtenstein and norway sometimes referred to as the efta contracting states. The legitimacy or illegitimacy of information exchanges between competitors remains a topical debate with regard to eu competition law and policy. By virtue of the 1992 eea agreement, the eu competition rules also extend to three other countries. Practitioners in the field of eu competition law know well how difficult it is to.
However, it now appears from the definition of agency in the vertical guidelines that an agreement need not necessarily be made in the name of the principal to be regarded as a genuine agency. Fox on the surface, there appears to be much in common between competition law in the united states and competition law in the european union. Eu competition law that the agent was not a genuine agent for the purposes of competition law. Ncas and the domestic courts are able not only to apply the article 1011 prohibition on anticompetitive agreements but also to declare whether the criteria of article 10 are met by. The uk competition appeal tribunal cat is a specialist judicial body with crossdisciplinary expertise in law, economics, business and accountancy whose function is to hear and decide cases involving competition or economic regulatory issues. Updated annually, it is organised to enable the swift identification of cases, legislation and other documents relevant to any question of eu competition law. The court of first instance has supported this approach but their decisions have been reapproved by court of justice. Eu cases competition law oxford libguides at oxford.
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