Competition Law (10th edn)
Published in Print: 26 August 2021 Published Online:September 2021
ISBN: 9780198836322
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Abstract
Competition Law explains competition law and policy in the EU and UK. The intention is to provide the reader with an understanding of competition law and policy, to introduce the reader to key economic concepts, legal principles and tools in competition law, and to provide insights into the numerous different issues that arise when applying competition law to market behaviour. Describing the economic rationale for the law, the chapters consider the application of EU and UK competition law to various business practices, including cartels, cooperation agreements, distribution agreements, licences of intellectual property rights, joint ventures, and mergers. The text has been updated to include the changes to UK law as a consequence of Brexit. It discusses for the first time the rise of powerful digital platforms and the quest for a suitable competition law and regulatory response to this phenomenon. It also considers the implications of the European Green Deal and the sustainability agenda for EU competition law and practice. The text incorporates extensive new legislation, case-law, decisional practice, guidelines and periodical literature at EU and UK level.
Keywords:
Market power, Market definition, Article 101, Chapter I prohibition, Anti-competitive agreements, Article 102, Chapter II prohibition, Abuse of a dominant position, Consumers, Efficiency, Public enforcement of EU and UK competition law, Private enforcement of EU and UK competition law, Market studies, Market investigations, Cartels, Oligopoly, Horizontal cooperation agreements, Vertical agreements, Technology transfer agreements, MergersYou do not currently have access to this chapter
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Contents
- Front Matter
- 1. Competition policy and economics
- 2. Overview of EU and UK competition law
- 3. Article 101(1)
- 4. Article 101(3)
- 5. Article 102
- 6. The obligations of Member States under the EU competition rules
- 7. Articles 101 and 102: public enforcement by the European Commission and national competition authorities under Regulation 1/2003
- 8. Articles 101 and 102: private enforcement in the courts of Member States
- 9. Competition Act 1998: substantive provisions
- 10. Competition Act 1998 and the cartel offence: public enforcement and procedure
- 11. Enterprise Act 2002: market studies and market investigations
- 12. The international dimension of competition law
- 13. Horizontal agreements (1): cartels
- 14. Horizontal agreements (2): oligopoly, tacit collusion and collective dominance
- 15. Horizontal agreements (3): cooperation agreements
- 16. Vertical agreements
- 17. Abuse of dominance (1): non-pricing practices
- 18. Abuse of dominance (2): pricing practices
- 19. The relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law
- 20. Mergers (1): introduction
- 21. Mergers (2): EU law
- 22. Mergers (3): UK
- 23. Particular sectors
- End Matter
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