Product details
- Categories: Competition Law
- Publisher: Thomson Reuters UK (Sweet & Maxwell)
- ISBN: 9780414098107
- Publication Date: 04/01/2022
- Binding: Paperback
- Language: English
Summary
This
is the 32nd 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.
European
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 Wieland/Aurubis Rolled Products/Schwermetall
(despite proposed remedies); Phase 2 clearance in Aurubis/Metallo; Phase
2 clearances with remedies including Google/Fitbit, Novelis/Aleris, PKN
Orlen/Lotos, NIDEC/Whirlpool (Embraco Business) and E.ON/INNOGY; many
Phase 1 decisions with and without remedies; decisions on review or
implementation of remedies including Takeda/Shire,
Iberia/Vueling/Clickair and IAG/BMI; EU General Court judgments in KPN,
American Airlines, and HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement; as well as
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 and the Retail Food Packaging
cartel, Lundbeck (pay-for-delay patent settlement agreements), Slovak
Telekom and Deutsche Telekom (essential facilities doctrine) and Pometon
(hybrid settlements). General Court judgments in International Skating
Union (competition law and sports federations), Lietuvos geležinkeliai
(essential facilities doctrine) and appeals brought in the Alliance
Casino & Intermarché investigations against Commission inspection
decisions. The Commission decisions include cartel decisions on Ethylene
and Car Closure Systems, as well as the commitments decision in Aspen
(excessive pricing).
Plus national decisions from EU Member States and the UK.