Faull and Nikpay - The EU Law of Competition -Third Edition

Gives a unique insider's view of EU competition law, written by current and former members of the Directorate General for Competition A practical reference tool that puts particular emphasis upon how law and policy apply in practice New chapter on Pharma, covering dominance in abusive conduct cases, restrictive practices, competition between manufacturers of generic medicines, case law, and parallel trade in pharmaceuticals Separate chapters on Communications (Telecoms and Internet) and Media Greatly expanded chapters on Mergers and Cartels This leading work provides a unique perspective on EU competition law, authored by current and former members of DG Competition, and giving insider knowledge into policies and their application. Fully updated in this third edition, the work includes full coverage of the latest legislation, case law and guidance, giving competition lawyers a comprehensive commentary on recent developments. It includes new material on industries of growing importance in the competition field, including Pharma and High Tech. It also analyses the R&D and Specialisation Block Exemption Regulations, the revised Verticals Block Exemption Regulation, and the Technology Transfer Block Exemption. Key cases covered in this edition include Telefonica, Microsoft, Intel, Rambus, RWE, and GdF. Readership: Practitioners dealing with competition (antitrust), business and EU law; competition and trade authorities; practitioners and regulators in key sectors such as telecommunications, financial services, intellectual property and transport; academics specialising in competition (antitrust), business and EU law; in each case, throughout Europe and worldwide.

I. General Principles 1: Luc Peeperkorn and Vincent Verouden: The Economics of Competition 2: Eddy De Smijter and Ailsa Sinclair: The Enforcement System under Regulation 1/2003 3: Jonathan Faull, Ali Nikpay and Henning Leupold: Article 101 4: Miguel de la Mano, Hans Zenger and Renato Nazzini: Article 102 5: Thomas Deisenhofer, Claes Bengtsson and Jose Maria Carpi-Badia: Mergers 6: José Luis Buendia Sierra: Article 106 - Exclusive or Special Rights and Other Anti-Competitive State Measures II. Specific Practices 7: Donncadh Woods, Henning Leupold, Anna Vernet, and Francisco Enrique Gonzalez Diaz and Matthew Bennett: Horizontal Co-operation Agreements 8: Ewoud Sakkers, Jindrich Kloub and Antoine Colombani: Cartels 9: Andrei Gurin and Luc Peeperkorn Gurin: Vertical Agreements 10: Kevin Coates, Lars Kjoelbye and Luc Peeperkorn: Intellectual Property III. Special Sectors 11: Stephen Ryan, Rita Wezenbeek and Nicholas Banasevic: Financial Services 12: Lars Kjoelbye and Celine Gauer: Energy 13: Eduardo Martinez Rivero and David Gabathuler: Communications (Telecom and Internet) 14: Krzystof Kuik and Anthony Dawes: Media 15: Hubert De Broca, Marta Mielecka and Anatoly Subocs: Transport 16: Dominik Schnichels, Elena Kamilarova and Harald Mische: Pharma VI. State Aid 17: Henri Piffaut, Claire Micheau, Koen Van Casteele, and Tim Maxian Rusche: State Aid