The Oxford Encyclopaedia of European Community Law Volume III: Competition Law and Policy

by Toth, A. G.

• ISBN13: 9780198257042
• ISBN10: 019825704X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is the third of three self-contained volumes, making up the Oxford Encyclopaedia of EC Law, a major reference work on the law of the European Community/Union. The first of its kind in any language, it provides an authoritative guide to the interpretation of Community law. The first volume covered Institutional Law, and the second the Law of the Internal Market. This final volume focuses on competition law and policy, with separate entries devoted to competition law in specific business sectors, and other significant areas of competition law, such as exclusive agreements, merger control, state aid, and vertical agreements. A new edition of the volume of the Encyclopaedia covering Institutional Law (first published 1991) will be produced once the fate of the European Constitution has been decided. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and each entry begins with a short definition of a term or concept, followed by a longer and more detailed explanation. The definitions and explanations are based on the Treaties and the legal acts of the institutions (secondary legislation), as interpreted in the extensive case-law of the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, to which full references are made in the text. The book is thoroughly cross-referenced, and each entry is followed by a reading list to facilitate further research. The volume thus contains a comprehensive and detailed coverage of its subject, reflecting the authoritative interpretation of Community law by the Community Courts. There is a full list of entries at the beginning of the volume guiding the reader to the relevant term or concept, making the book easily accessible. There are comprehensive tables of cases, Treaties, international agreements and secondary legislation, plus an Index to the entire volume. Prepared by a team of experts in the field of EC/EU law and competition law and policy, the volume will serve both as a reliable tool for practitioners looking for an authoritative and up-to-date explanation of a subject supported by an extensive citation of cases, and as a starting-point for advanced students or academics wishing to carry out further research in this area of the law.

Author Biography

A G Toth is Emeritus Professor of European Law at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He previously held the Jean Monnet Chair in European Law at Strathclyde for 12 years, until his retirement in 2001.

Table of Contents

Abuse of a dominant position

Administrative procedure

Agency

Agreement between undertakings

Agreements of minor importance

Ancillary restrictions

Assessment of horizontal concentrations

Automatic nullity

Block exemption

Comfort letter

Competition in agriculture

Competition in broadcasting

Competition in energy

Competition in financial services/banking

Competition in insurance

Competition in the internet, information society and e-commerce

Competition in the liberal professions

Competition in postal services

Competition in telecommunications

Competition in transport

Concerted practice

Conditional authorization of concentrations

Decision by an association of undertakings

Dominant position

Effect on trade between Member States

Exclusive distribution agreement

Exclusive purchasing agreement

Exemption

Extraterritorial jurisdiction

Fine

Franchising

Information agreement

Investigation procedure

Joint ventures

Market-sharing agreement

Merger control

Merger control procedure

Negative clearance

No-competition clause

Notification of agreements

Oligopoly

Periodic penalty payment

Price-fixing agreement

Provisional validity

Public undertaking

Reciprocal assistance contract

Relevant market

Resale restriction

Research and development agreement

Restriction of competition

Selective distribution system

Services of general interest

Specialisation agreement

State aid (general)

Separate entries on each type of State aid

Technology transfer agreement

Undertaking

Vertical agreement

Vertical agreement in the motor vehicle sector

Vertical concentrations

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