Coherence in EU competition law / Wolf Sauter, Professor of Economic Law, Tilburg University.
2016
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Author
Title
Coherence in EU competition law / Wolf Sauter, Professor of Economic Law, Tilburg University.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Call Number
KJE6456 .S278 2016
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0198749155 (hardback)
9780198749158 (hardback)
9780198749158 (hardback)
Description
xxx, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)934192505
Summary
EU competition law plays a central role in the process of European integration both as a multifaceted tool for creating and policing the internal market as well as in organising national markets. Yet as a consequence of this role it is also subject to increasingly complex demands, a proliferation of (sectoral) regimes, and multiple objectives at both an EU and national level. This profligacy entails risks of fragmentation and divergence - which could jeopardise the proper functioning of the internal market. In this examination of EU competition law, Wolf Sauter discusses three main issues: (i) what degree of coherence exists in EU competition law; (ii) how this coherence can be explained, particularly in the broader context of integration by EU law; and (iii) how it contributes to the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU competition law.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index.
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Coherence in European Union competition law
Table of Contents
Table of Cases
xiii
Table of Legislation
xxi
I.
Introduction, Concepts, and Questions
1
1.
Introduction
1
2.
Outline
2
3.
Background
3
4.
Definitions and Research Questions
8
5.
Coherence, Legal Principles, and Categories
12
6.
Relationship to the Existing Literature
18
7.
Approach
21
8.
Chapter Outline
22
II.
History and Framework of EU Competition Law
27
1.
Introduction
27
2.
Framework: A Concise Overview of the Instruments
28
3.
Constitutional Status of Antitrust
30
4.
Competition Policy before 1957
33
5.
Early Years
36
6.
Towards an Effects-based Approach
42
7.
Modernization
45
8.
Conclusion
59
III.
Objectives and Boundaries
61
1.
Introduction
61
2.
Economic Objectives
64
3.
Non-economic Objectives
68
4.
EU-specific Objectives
72
5.
Legal Boundaries
75
6.
Economic Boundaries
82
7.
Conclusion
87
IV.
Rules, Exceptions, and Standards
91
1.
Introduction
91
2.
Rules
92
3.
Exceptions
101
4.
Secondary Law
106
5.
Standards
108
6.
Conclusion
115
V.
Procedures and Remedies
117
1.
Introduction
117
2.
Procedures
118
3.
Remedies
127
4.
Proportionality and Remedies
137
5.
Convergence
138
6.
Conclusion
140
VI.
Networks, Hierarchy, and Coordination in Antitrust
143
1.
Introduction
143
2.
European Competition Network: Forum for Coherent Application of EU Law
145
3.
Outcomes of Modernization
158
4.
Conclusion
169
VII.
National Courts, the Commission, and the CJEU
171
1.
Introduction
171
2.
Judicial Architecture of the EU
172
3.
Role of the National Courts in EU Competition Law
174
4.
Commission's Amicus Curiae Briefs
180
5.
Role of the EU Courts
187
6.
Conclusion
193
VIII.
Mergers, State Aid, and Services of General Economic Interest
195
1.
Introduction
195
2.
Mergers
195
3.
State Aid
206
4.
Services of General Economic Interest
217
5.
Conclusion
221
IX.
Sectoral Regimes for Electronic Communications and Energy
223
1.
Introduction
223
2.
Electronic Communications
224
3.
Energy
235
4.
Role of NCAs in Electronic Communications and Energy
243
5.
Conclusion
245
X.
Conclusion
247
1.
Introduction and Concepts
247
2.
Structure of Antitrust
247
3.
Procedures and Remedies
251
4.
Structure of Competition Law except in Antitrust
252
5.
Organization
254
6.
Role of the Different Bodies in EU Competition Law
256
7.
Three Types of Coherence
258
8.
Effectiveness and Legitimacy
261
9.
Developing the Law of the Land
263
Bibliography
265
Index
277