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Looseleaf Works

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Narrative:Division I Principles of EC and UK competition law

Division II Horizontal agreements likely to be prohibited

Division III Horizontal agreements likely to be permitted

Division IV Distribution

Division V Licensing

Division VI Dominant firms and monopolists

Division VII Merger Control

Division VIII State aids

Division IX Special Sectors: EC Competition Law and the State, Agriculture, Transport, Financial Services and competition policy, Water, Gas, Electricity, Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Coal and steel: The ECSC Treaty

Division X Enforcement by the Regulatory Authorities

Division XI Private Enforcement in National Courts

Division XII Extra-territoriality

Division XIII The Competition Rules of the EEA. Materials:A - EC Legislation and Materials

B - EC Proposals

C - ECSC Legislation

D - State Aids and Materials

E - UK Statutes

F - UK Statutory Instruments

G - EEA Legislation and Materials.

Butterworths Competition Law Service provides an in-depth commentary and analysis of competition case law and legislation in the UK and EC. Updated five times a year and revised to incorporate the wide changes resulting from the Enterprise Act 2002. Written by an expert editorial team lead by two well-known and widely respected experts in competition law, Butterworths Competition Law provides coverage of every facet of competition legislation in the EC and UK, from the substantive and procedural provisions of each system of legislation, to particular regimes that affect specific sectors such as gas, water, electricity, agriculture and communications.

Butterworths Competition Law provides a thorough analysis of the new provisions of the Competition Act 1998, the transitional arrangements and the procedure for 'early guidance'. It closely monitors the impact of the changes on the special sectors and undertakes a radical appraisal of UK law as the new regime takes place. Each of the narrative divisions provides in-depth commentary and analysis of the case law and legislation in both the UK and EC, plus an invaluable collection of primary and secondary legislation, to ensure subscriber

Widely relied upon by practitioners, the work adopts a practical, transaction-based approach with much of the text dealing with particular types of agreement or commercial behaviour in context. Together with extensive cross-referencing and comprehensive tables and index, this invaluable looseleaf work provides all the information that the busy practitioner is likely to need in his day-to-day practice.