Product details
- Categories: Competition Law
- Publisher: Thomson Reuters UK (Sweet & Maxwell)
- ISBN: 9780414080447
- Publication Date: 15/12/2020
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 1560
- Language: English
Summary
This is the 31st edition
of Sweet & Maxwell’s annual guide to EU competition law, still the
essential starting point for the analysis of competition law issues for
practical case work and academic study.
EU
Competition Law Handbook provides a comprehensive digest of Commission
decisions and competition cases before the EU and national courts,
conveniently cross-referenced by subject matter, for the swift location
of the full list of relevant case-law, regulations and notices.
- Comprehensive but simple to use reference system and clear structure:
- Distinct sections on: General Competition Rules and Mergers and Acquisitions
- The analytical digest divided by subject matter guides you through the maze of legislation, cases and decisions
- Detailed tables show the type of decision reached by the Commission or Court of Justice, the type of agreement or activity, the product in question and any fine imposed
- Tinted thumb tabs aid your navigation through the book
Key new cases include:
Mergers:
EU Commission prohibition in Siemens/Alstom (despite proposed
remedies); EU Commission Phase 2 decisions cleared with commitments
including BASF/Solvay’s EP and P&I Business, Vodafone/Certain
Liberty Global Assets, Telia/Bonnier Broadcasting; many European
Commission Phase 1 decisions with and without remedies; the EU
Commission Article 14 procedural decisions in GE/LM Wind Power (a €52
million fine on GE for providing incorrect information during a merger
review) and Canon/Toshiba Medical Systems (a €28 million fine on Canon
for “gun-jumping”); and many other cases on jurisdictional and
substantive points, including data and digital platforms, innovation,
media and telecoms mergers.
Antitrust:
ECJ judgments in the Power Cables cartel, Budapest Bank (meaning of
restriction by object), Generics (UK) (patent settlement agreements),
Tibor-Trans Fuvarozó és Kereskedelmi Kft. (jurisdiction in damages’
claims) and Otis (right of those not active on the market to claim
damages for losses caused by a cartel). General Court judgments include
appeals brought by HSBC Holdings, CCPL and Campine and Campine Recycling
against Commission cartel decisions.
Plus more recent national decisions from EU Member States.
Table of contents
- Book 1
- Book 2
- Table 1 Chronological List of Commission Decisions (General Competition Rules)
- Table 2 List of Cases Reported in Competition Reports (General Competition Rules)
- Table 3 Chronological list of General Court Judgments (General Competition Rules)
- Table 4 Chronological list of European Court of Justice Judgments (General Competition Rules)
- Table 5 List of Merger Decisions
- Table 6 Chronological List of Merger Decisions (EU)—Simplified Procedure
- Table 7 List of Joint Venture Decisions
- Table 8 List of General Court and Court of Justice Judgments (Merger Regulation)
- Table 9 Chronological List of Commission Decisions (ECSC)
- Table 10 Chronological List of European Court of Justice Judgments (ECSC)
- Table 11 List of National Decisions: Antitrust
- Table 12 List of National Decisions: Mergers
- Table 13 Table of Fines
- Table 14 List of Legislation and Documents
- Table 15 Alphabetical List of Commission Decisions
- Table 16 Alphabetical List of General Court Judgments
- Table 17 Alphabetical List of European Court of Justice Judgments