Competition Law (11th edn)
Published in Print: 31 July 2024 Published Online:August 2024
ISBN: 9780198906032
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, exchanges of information, distribution agreements, licences of intellectual property rights, unilateral conduct, joint ventures, and mergers. The text has been updated to include changes to EU law on digital markets as a result of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. It also discusses the changes to UK law as a consequence of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, including the creation of a regulatory scheme for digital platforms having a ‘strategic market status’ and amendments to the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002. It also discusses the European Commission’s Guidelines on Vertical Restraints of 2022 and Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines of 2023, including its guidance on sustainability agreements. The text incorporates extensive new legislation, case-law, decisional practice, guidelines and periodical literature at EU and UK level.
Keywords:
Competition policy, Economics, 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, Intellectual property rights, Technology transfer agreements, Mergers, Digital platformsYou 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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