European competition law : the impact of the Commission's guidance on Article 102 / edited by Lorenzo Federico Pace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pace, Lorenzo Federico.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition, Unfair--European Union countries.

Competition, Unfair.

Antitrust law--European Union countries.

Antitrust law.

Restraint of trade--European Union countries.

Restraint of trade.

Conflict of laws--Competition, Unfair--European Union countries.

Conflict of laws.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely book, with contributions from prominent experts including Luis Ortiz Blanco, Valentine Korah, Ernst-Joachim Mestmacker, Lorenzo F. Pace and Richard Whish, examines the novel aspects of the 2009 Guidance on Article 102. They present a critical assessment of the Guidance that could be relevant to the result of the ongoing Commission's investigations, for example, the opened procedure against Google. Moreover, the contributing authors identify the differences between the Guidance and the prohibition of exclusionary abuses in some member states (including France, Germany, Great Britain

Contents:

Introduction to the research project and its results / Lorenzo Federico Pace

Guidance on the Commission's enforcement priorities in applying Article 82 to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominate undertakings : from protecting freedom to enter a market to an efficient allocation of resources to increase consumer welfare / Valentine Korah

The development of German and European competition law with special reference to the EU Commission's Article 82 Guidance of 2008 / Ernst-Joachim Mestmacker

Evolving priorities and rising standards : Spanish law on abuses of market power in the light of the 2008 Guidance Paper on Article 82 EC / Luis Ortiz Blanco and Pablo Ibanez Colomo

Italian way of tackling the abuse of a dominant position and the inconsistencies of the Commission's guidance : not a notice/Bekanntmachung but a communication/Mitteilung / Lorenzo Federico Pace

Anticipated enforcement in France of the Commission's guidance on Article 82 / Catherine Prieto

National competition law goals and the Commission's guidance on Article 82 EC : the UK experience / Richard Whish.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-13293-1

9786613132932

0-85793-313-2

OCLC:

731646740