The Commission's proposals regarding the implementation of art. 82 TEC are shortly presented. The authors show that they can be interpreted as another step towards a more economic approach because their implementation would strengthen the rule of reason even further. The Commission's proposal to...

Im Rahmen der Verwirklichung des „more economic approach“ in der europäischen Wettbewerbspolitik hat die Europäische Kommission im Dezember 2005 umfangreiche Vorschläge zur Neugestaltung der Missbrauchsaufsicht vorgestellt. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden diese Vorschläge in ihren...

The Commission's proposals regarding the implementation of art. 82 TEC are shortly presented. The authors show that they can be interpreted as another step towards a "more economic approach" because their implementation would strengthen the rule of reason even further. The Commission's proposal...

The European Union recently introduced a new criterion for testing whether notified mergers are compatible with the common market. It abandoned the dominance test and switched to a variant of the Substantial Lessening of Competition test, which has been christened Substantial Impediment to...