It is worth taking a closer look at the Court of Justice judgment in Selex Sistemi Integrati Spa v. Commission. The Court of Justice’s judgment adds important elements with regard to the definition of undertaking, as it partly redefines the boundaries between the exercise of public authority...

UBER is often described as disruptive innovator. This paper examines whether the UBER model disrupts the classical competition analysis thereby creating the uber-cartel, a cartel to which the normal competition rules don’t apply. This working paper on UBER and UBER-like business models...

The paper aims to identify and analyze potential legal avenues for phasing out fossil fuels in the European Union using EU State aid rules. Our analysis of the EU’s legal framework reveals that the EU State aid rules would allow the European Commission to effectively target and monitor fossil...

For competition lawyers, Uber is an interesting subject to study. Not only does Uber change the dynamics of the transportation market but it also raises interesting competition law questions. Last year for example, a class action suit against Uber in New York raised the question whether Uber is...

This paper examines the Bundesverfassungsgericht's decision (BVerfG) in Mr R on the relationship between German constitutional law and EU law. The case concerned an extradition under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) and the Court found a violation of human dignity as protected by the German...

While price-fixing on platforms can attract severe enforcement action, as shown by the Amazon poster case, a more nuanced picture emerges regarding the fixing of prices for sellers by sharing economy platforms. This paper explores possible antitrust responses to such centralised platform-driven...

In a time when protectionism is re-emerging as a strong policy stance on a global scale, the opposition to cross mergers based on public interest grounds may once more become more frequent. The lack of a common policy at the EU level leaves each Member State free to set its own framework to...

In a time when protectionism is re-merging as a strong policy stance on a global scale, the opposition to cross mergers based on public interest grounds may once more become more frequent. The lack of a common policy at the EU level leaves each Member State free to set its own framework the...

The aim of this paper is two-fold. First, the paper aims to provide tools for a structured examination of competition law's perceived inability to address sustainability. The EU framework is chosen as a case study as EU competition law is embedded in the EU's constitutional framework. As a...