Enforcement of the competition rules is one of the Commission's key tasks; it plays a central role in the economic functioning of the single market. With the final phase of the introduction of the euro starting on 1 January 2002 and enlargement of the European Union on an unprecedented scale,...

"Modern competition law was first employed by countries over one hundred years ago in order to address issues relating to restrictions of trade at the national level. Recent international economic integration has weakened the distinction between the domestic and the international in several...

"One of the fundamental challenges currently facing the EU is that of reconciling its economic and environmental policies. Nevertheless, the role of environmental protection in EU competition law and policy has often been overlooked. Recent years have witnessed a shift in environmental...

Competition Policy in the EU Fifty Years on from the Treaty of Rome Edited by Xavier Vives OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Contents List of Figures ! xi List of Tables - ~ x...