Competition Law of the European Community (Fifth Edition)

• 10/12/2009
• Books

The authors have taken the opportunity to write much extended chapters on procedure as well as on state involvement in competition. The book provides an up-to-date and above all practical analysis of the EU competition rules.

Recent years have first and foremost been a time for gaining experience in the application of the procedural and substantive rules which underwent such fundamental changes in the early years of the decade. In this edition, the authors examine all the important cases from this key period of competition law enforcement, and such notable recent developments as the following:

• ever-increasing fines under the Commission's revised fining guidelines;
• new risks for companies on appeal;
• the Commission's revised leniency programme;
• the Commission's new formal cartel settlement procedure;
• important Article 102 (formerly Article 82) rulings concerning pricing, tying and interoperability, including the Microsoft judgement;
• the Commission's guidance communication concerning its enforcement priorities concerning abusive exclusionary conduct;
• the new, broader 'significantly impeding effective competition' test under the Merger Regulation;
• developments in the energy and telecoms sectors;
• distribution issues in the motor vehicle sector; and
• procedural aspects of sector inquiries.

Van Bael & Bellis’ Fifth Edition of "Competition Law of the European Community" received a glowing book review from Valentine Korah, Emeritus Professor at University College London (UCL): " Any new edition of Van Bael & Bellis, a "must stock" brand if ever there was one, is a major event. Its appearance is warmly welcome."

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