EU Competition Law 4e

By providing a careful selection of case law and journal opinion combined with penetrating analysis, critique and commentary, EU Competition Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides a stand-alone guide that really helps the reader get to grips with this challenging area of law. This fourth edition has been fully updated to cover recent developments within EU competition law including the implications for state aid following government bail-outs of the banking sector, the Commission Guidance Paper on the application of Article 82, and all of the major cases including France Telecom v Commission (2008) and the actions brought against Microsoft and Intel. Online Resource Centre This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which provides: * An additional chapter on State Aids * Regular updates allowing the reader to follow the changes and developments to EU competition law that occur after publication * A selection of annotated web links offer the ideal introduction to online research and further study * Appendix material from the European Commission including relevant articles from the EC Treaty along with a selection of rules, guidelines and notices1. Introduction to competition law; 2. The European Union and the competition provisions; 3. Article 101: the elements; 4. The relationship between Article 101(1) and Article 101(3) of the Treaty; 5. Article 102: the elements; 6. Introduction to Article 102: establishing dominance; 7. Conduct which can be an abuse; 8. Competition, the state and public undertakings; 9. Distribution agreements; 10. Intellectual property rights; 11. Cartels and oligopoly; 12. Mergers; 13. Joint ventures and other beneficial horizontal arrangements; 14. Public enforcement by the commission and the national competition authorities of the antitrust provisions; 15. Proceedings in the national courts; 16. Extraterritoriality, international aspects and globalization