"All EU Member States have now transposed Directive 2014/104/EU on damages actions for breaches of competition law into national law. The directive (and the soft-law instruments accompanying it) does not only mark a new phase for private enforcement of competition law but also, more generally, a...

Tough love in the internal market / Gareth Davies -- Direct horizontal effect of the transnational market access freedoms of the internal market / Peter-christian Muller-Graff -- The EU internal market and the EU charter : exploring the 'derogation situation' / Koen Lenaerts and Jose Antonio...

Introduction -- The notion of and need for collective redress actions -- Commission initiatives on collective redress actions -- Objectives of collective redress actions in EU competition enforcement -- Consumer damages claims in EU competition cases -- Grouping collective claims : opt-in v...

"[This] is the first book that specifically focuses on the legal framework established by Regulation on Wholesale Energy Markets Integrity and Transparency (REMIT). In the course of energy liberalisation, electricity and natural gas contracts have been separated from physical delivery, and these...

"This book asks whether the current push to increase uniformity in substantive competition policy and enforcement in Europe (particularly EU competition law (Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and the merger rules), but also Member State laws), as well as in relation to the procedural rules and...

Introducing the collaborative economy -- Market access and consumer protection in the collaborative economy -- Data in the collaborative economy -- The collaborative economy and EU competition law -- Labour relations in the collaborative economy -- Dispute resolution -- The regulation of the...

"Based on a unique and comprehensive database, The Shaping of EU Competition Law combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to shed light on the evolution of EU competition law. It brings a new perspective to some of the most topical issues in the field including due process and the...

The aim of this thesis is to examine the competition patterns that exist between originators and generics by focusing on the articulations between regulation and incentives to innovate. Once the characteristics of regulation in pharmaceutical markets is reviewed in the first chapter and an...

Am 15. April 2015 teilte die Europäische Kommission mit, dass Google ein sogenanntes Statement of Objections zugestellt worden sei. Damit beginnt eine neue Phase dieses bereits seit bald fünf Jahren andauernden Falles, welche in der Presse für großes Aufsehen sorgte und mit dem allgemeinen...

Article 101 TFEU is the main addressee to apply collusive collective dominance. Article 101 TFEU prohibits all agreements between firms, decision by associations of firms and concerted practices, which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within...

Introduction -- The evolution of the economic concept of competition -- Doctrinal foundations of competition law -- The normative value of competition -- The mechanics of balancing -- The legal thoretical aspects of competition -- Practical conclusions

Why regulation? -- Where are we coming from?... -- Tempering the tyranny of market powers -- The public cause of exploitation -- The art of steering public resources towards the common interest - the supranational approach -- The art of sector-specific regulation in the internal market -- The...

"[The authors analyze] case law of the EU Courts on the rules of evidence, proof and judicial review, as they are applied in EU competition law. These topics often engage with fundamental rights, and the book takes stock of the most frequent criticisms that are made of the EU enforcement system...