Subjects:

Competition Law

Contents:

Part I Procedure:

agreements registrable under the RTPA 1976

agreements not registrable under the RTPA 1976

anti-competitive practices - practice and procedure under the Competition Act 1980

registration and negotiation of restrictive trading agreements

court proceedings in UK law

agreements and trade association practices caught by European competition law

general enforcement and negotiations with the European Commission.

Part 2 Commercial agreements and trade association practices:

pricing practices and restrictions

the exchange and dissemination of information

distribution

terms and conditions of trade

joint ventures and co-operation agreements

intellectual property licensing

trade association membership.

This reference work examines the procedure and practice relating to commercial agreements and trade association practices under UK and EC competition laws. It first covers procedure in both the UK and EC, and then provides a detailed comparative analysis of all the major types of commercial agreements and trade association practices in both UK and EC law.

Since much of competition law is, in practice, administered by administrative rather than judicial bodies, full treatment is given to the informal administrative solutions applied by the authorities. However, as an increasing amount of competition law is subject to litigation, there is also in-depth analysis of all the major cases. There is also a full discussion of the EC block exemptions and recent developments in UK competition law.