Non-Competition Interests in EU Antitrust Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-83760-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 969 g

Reihe: Global Competition Law and Economics Policy

This book is the first to empirically examine the role of non-competition interests (public policy) in the enforcement of the EU's prohibition on anti-competitive agreements. Based on an original quantitative and qualitative database of over 3,100 cases, this book records all of the public enforcement actions of Article 101 TFEU taken by the Commission, EU Courts, and the national competition authorities and courts of five representative Member States (France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and the UK). The book not only exposes explicit tools in which non-competition interests played a role, but also sheds light on the “dark matter” of balancing, namely, invisible forms of balancing triggered by the institutional and procedural setup of the competition enforcers. Moreover, it contributes to the empirical-legal study of various other aspects of EU competition law enforcement, such as its objectives, the more economic approach, decentralized enforcement, and the functioning and success of Regulation 1/2003.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brook, Or

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Wettbewerbs- und Kartellrecht, Werberecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction and methodology; 2. History of Article 101 TFEU; 3. Article 101(3) TFEU – individual exemptions; 4. Block exemptions regulations; 5. Article 101(1) TFEU; 6. National balancing tools; 7. Enforcement discretion; 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Brook, Or
Or Brook is a Lecturer of Competition Law and the Deputy-Director of the Center for Business Law and Practice (CBLP) at the University of Leeds. She is also the Director of the UK's branch of the International Association of Competition Law Scholars (ASCOLA). She holds bachelor's degrees in Economics and Law, both from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (honours), a master's degree in EU Competition Law and Regulation (honours), and a PhD in Law from the University of Amsterdam.