Subjects:

Competition Law

Contents:

1. The Community Context and the Role of Member States ,

Peter Roth QC and Vivien Rose

2. Article 81 ,

Peter Roth QC and Vivien Rose

3. Article 81(3) ,

Chris Thomas

4. Market Definition ,

Alistair Lindsay and Nicholas Scola

5. Article 81: Common Horizontal Agreements ,

Frances Barr

6. Vertical Agreements affecting Distribution or Supply ,

Kassie Smith

7. Joint Ventures and Similar Collaborative Arrangements ,

Chris Bright and John Schmidt

8. Mergers, Acquisitions and other Concentrations ,

John Boyce, Dimitrios Loukas and Anny Tubbs

9. Intellectual Property Rights ,

Ashley Roughton

10. Article 82 ,

Rhodri Thompson QC and John O'Flaherty

11. Article 86 and the Qualifications to the Competition Rules ,

Josh Holmes

12. Sectoral Regimes ,

Ben Rayment, Christopher Brown and Manish Das

13. Enforcement of Antitrust Rules in the Community Institutions ,

George Peretz, Tim Ward and Ronit Kresiberger

14. Enforcement of Antitrust Rules in the Member States ,

Vivien Rose and Anneli Howard

15. State Aids ,

Christopher Vajda QC and Alan Bates

Accompanying materials volume, cross-referenced to commentary ,

Andrew Macnab (Editor)

Formerly published by Sweet & Maxwell, the new edition of this eminent and authoritative work has been fully updated to encompass the major changes in substantive law, enforcement procedures and case law since the last edition. It examines the impact of modernisation on enforcement by national authorities and courts, while coverage of national decisions post-modernisation is integrated in the book, using information collated from a network of key correspondents in the Member States. Increased coverage of the new system has been introduced in particular within the chapter on the Community Context and the Role of Member States.

There is a major new chapter on Market Definition, while coverage of Sectoral regimes and their relationship with competition law is consolidated into a single chapter which focuses in particular upon agriculture, energy, insurance, telecommunications, and transport.

The comprehensive accompanying volume of European Community Competition Law Materials (edited by Andrew Macnab, a barrister at Monckton Chambers) has been fully updated to include all of the relevant legislation, Commission Notices and Guidelines, and as a new feature now provides detailed cross-references to the commentary in the main work.

• Fully updated new edition of a leading practitioner work on EC Competition law, famous for its precise statement of legal principles and exhaustive citation of judicial and legislative authorities
• Written by a team of barristers and solicitors, recognized experts in this area of the law
• Major new chapter on Market Definition
• Increased coverage of national decisions and the role of Member States post-modernisation
• Updated materials volume contains all the relevant legislation with cross-references to the coverage in the commentary