Introduction to competition law -- The European union and United Kingdom competition regimes -- The relationship between European union and United Kingdom competition law -- International issues and the globalization of competition law -- Procedure : investigation -- Procedure : penalties and...

This paper focuses on the application of EU competition law to regulated network industries. It does so by discussing the 2015 ruling of the General Court in the Orange Polska case, which confirmed the imposition of a fine of over EUR 127 million on the Polish incumbent for engaging in a...

The 2009 decision of the EU Commission imposing a €1.06 billion fine on Intel, and the subsequent judgment of the General Court (GC) upholding the decision on appeal have sparked an intense debate with contributions of exceptional quality from all standpoints. The undisputed pinnacle of the...

This paper explores value of fairness as a goal of competition law. It contrasts the developments in the US, where non-economic goals are largely discarded by the prevailing antitrust thinking, with those in the EU and China, where the pursuit of fair competition has been explicitly acknowledged...

The sun is setting on the days when multinationals could establish intricate tax systems to drastically reduce their tax bills. Since the 1990s, the OECD and the EU have taken resolute steps to compel their members to eradicate corporate tax elusion and harmful tax competition. These solutions...

This paper focuses on how flexibility is envisaged in the new constitutional text. It does so by analysing the evolution of the method of enhanced co-operation from its origins through to the constitutional era. Using as point of departure an analysis of the history of flexibility and its...

A new block exemption regulation for motor vehicle distribution agreements was adopted in May 2010. Regulation 461/2010 extends the application of Regulation 1400/2002 – the first ‘new style’ block exemption for the car sector – for three years regarding the distribution of new motor...