Full Description
With contributions from leading scholars from all over Europe and the US, this book covers the major areas of substantive competition law from an evolutionary perspective. The leitmotiv of the book has been to assess the dividing line between safeguarding and regulating competition, which it does by reviewing the following subjects:
foundations of competition policy in the EU and the US
strategic competition policy
the evolution of European competition law from a national (Italian) perspective
the block exemption of vertical agreements after four years
the new Technology Transfer Block Exemption
cooperative networking
mergers in the media sector
abuse of market power
concepts of competition in sector specific regulation
competition, regulation and systems coherence
efficiency claims in EU competition law and sector specific regulation.
The Evolution of European Competition Law will be of great interest to lawyers, economists, academics, judges and public officials working in the fields of competition law and policy.
Contents
Contents:
Foreword
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Hans Ullrich
Part II: STRATEGIC COMPETITION POLICIES? US-EU CONFLICTS AND CONVERGENCE
1. Foundations of Competition Policy in the EU and the USA: Conflict, Convergence and Beyond
Clifford A. Jones
2. Strategic Competition Policy: A Comment on EU Competition Policy
Wulf-Henning Roth
3. Revision of the New Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation: Convergence or Capitulation?
Mark R. Patterson
4. The Evolution of European Competition Law and the Italian Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
Giuseppe Tesauro
PART III: CONTROLLING RESTRICTIONS OF COMPETITION
5. Vertical Agreements: 4 Years of Liberalisation by Regulation n. 2790/99 After 40 Years of Legal (Block) Regulation
Denis Waelbroeck
Comments
Wolfgang Kerber and Roger Zäch
6. Cooperative Networking: Bridging the Cooperation-Concentration Gap
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques and Ana Abrunhosa
Comments
Andreas Fuchs and Daniel Zimmer
7. Mergers in the Media Sector: Business as Usual?
Laurence Idot
Comments
Peristera Kremmyda and Ulf Bernitz
8. Abuse of Market Power: Controlling Dominance or Protecting Competition?
Laurence Boy
Comments
Peter Behrens and Eleanor M. Fox
Part IV: APPROACHING COMPETITION BY REGULATION
9. Regulating Towards What? The Concepts of Competition in Sector-Specific Regulation, the Likelihood of their Realisation and of their Sustainability, and their Relationship to Rendering Public Infrastructure Services
Christian Kirchner
Comments
Kurt Stockmann and Fabiana Di Porto
10. Competition, Regulation and System Coherence
Joël Monéger
Comments
Jens Fejø and Paul L.G. Nihoul
Part V: CONCLUSION: THE NEW THINKING
11. Efficiency Claims in EC Competition Law and Sector-Specific Regulation
Damien Geradin
Comment
Gustavo Ghidini
Index
