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Author Koenig, Christian

Title European Competition Law in a Nutshell : a Concise Guide
Published Berlin : Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (244 pages)
Contents PREFACE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Chapter One; WHY COMPETITION REGULATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION?; I. THE STRUCTURE OF GENERAL COMPETITION PROVISIONS; II. THE SCOPE OF ARTICLES 101-109 TFEU; 1. "Competition" in the Context of European Competition Law; 2. The Investigation of Restraints of Trade; 3. The "More Economic Approach" and Consumer Protection; III. GENERAL VERSUS SECTOR- SPECIFIC COMPETITION REGULATION; Chapter Two; THE PROHIBITIONS OF RESTRAINT OF TRADE UNDER ARTICLES 101 (CARTELS) AND 102 (ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION) TFEU
I. THE ELEMENTS OF AN INFRINGEMENT COMMITTED BY AN UNDERTAKING AND THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE ACTIONSII. ELEMENTS OF AN INFRINGEMENT: AN UNDERTAKING'S ACTIONS; 1. Undertakings; 2. Public Undertakings and Those to Which Member States have Granted Special or Exclusive Rights (Article 106(1) TFEU); III. LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN INFRINGEMENT OF EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW: WHO IS THE ADDRESSEE OF A DECISION?; IV. MEMBER STATES; 1. Member States as Addressees of Commission Decisions; 2. Responsibility Accruing to an Undertaking; V. MARKET DEFINITION
1. The Principles of Market Definition -- Criteria and Methods2. Product, Geographic and Temporal Market Demarcation; VI. EXAMPLES: MARKET DEMARCATION IN PRACTICE; 1. Demand Side Substitutability -- the Classic: United Brands; 2. Comparable Products -- Neighbouring Markets; 3. Supply Side Substitutability; 4. Regulated Industries; 5. Tied Services; 6. Relevance of Distribution Channels; 7. One Product -- Two Markets; Chapter Three; THE PROHIBITION ON CARTELS UNDER ARTICLE 101 TFEU; I. THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROHIBITION; II. CONCERTED PRACTICES; 1. Agreements between Undertakings
2. Decisions by Associations of Undertakings3. Concerted Practices; III. RESTRICTION OF COMPETITION; 1. Enabling Entry into the Market and Stimulation of the Market -- a Rule of Reason Test?; 2. Restrictions on Competition in Detail; 3. An Exception to Article 101(1) for the Functioning of the Market?; IV. "TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES"; V. THE DE MINIMIS RULE; 1. An Appreciable Effect on Trade between Member States; 2. An Appreciable Restriction of Competition; VI. THE EXCEPTION UNDER ARTICLE 101(3) TFEU; 1. The Application of the Exemption; 2. Block Exemption Regulations
3. Individual ExemptionChapter Four; ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION UNDER ARTICLE 102 TFEU; I. DOMINANT POSITION; 1. Market Share; 2. Decisive Criteria for Determining a Dominant Position; 3. Collective Market Dominance; 4. Substantial Part of the Internal Market; 5." Trade between Member States"; II. ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION; 1. Specific Behaviour to Which Article 102 TFEU Applies; 2. Categorisation of Abuses: Exploitative and Exclusionary Conduct; III. TYPES OF ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION; 1. Price Abuse; 2. Refusal to Supply; 3. Discrimination; 4. Exclusive Dealing
Notes 5. Refusal of Access or to License
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Subject Antitrust law -- European Union countries -- Cases
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Antitrust law
European Union countries
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Dennis, Sandra
Schreiber, Kristina
ISBN 9783869651590
3869651598