EU Competition Law Handbook 2023

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European Competition Law Handbook provides a comprehensive digest of Commission decisions and competition cases before the EU and national courts, conveniently cross-referenced by subject matter, for the swift location of the full list of relevant case-law, regulations and notices.

Comprehensive but simple to use reference system and clear structure:

Distinct sections on: General Competition Rules and Mergers and Acquisitions
The analytical digest divided by subject matter guides you through the maze of legislation, cases and decisions
Detailed tables show the type of decision reached by the Commission or Court of Justice, the type of agreement or activity, the product in question and any fine imposed
Tinted thumb tabs aid your navigation through the book

Key new cases include:

Mergers: EU Commission Phase 2 clearances with remedies including London Stock Exchange Group/Refinitiv Business, Danfoss/Eaton Hydraulics and FCA/PSA; many Phase 1 decisions with and without remedies; a decision imposing a penalty under Article 14 in Merck/Sigma-Aldrich; EU General Court judgments in Altice, Canon, LOT, Wieland-Werke and UPS; as well as many other cases on jurisdictional and substantive points, including data and digital platforms, innovation, media and telecoms mergers.
Antitrust: ECJ judgments in the Optical Disk Drives cartel and the Trucks cartel, Nordzucker (non bis in idem) and cases pertaining to an abuse of a dominant position such as Servizio Elettrico Nazionale and Others v Commission and Fakro v Commission. General Court judgments in the Airfreight cartel, Capacitors cartel, Trucks cartel, and abuse of dominance cases such as Google Shopping, Qualcomm and Deutsche Telekom. The Commission decisions include cartel decisions on Metal Packaging, Ethanol Benchmarks, FOREX (Sterling Lads) and Canned vegetables.
Plus national decisions from EU Member States and the UK.

This is the 33rd edition of Sweet & Maxwell’s annual guide to EU competition law, still the essential starting point for the analysis of competition law issues for practical case work and academic study.

Preface to the First Edition

Handbook National Contributors

e-Competitions National Contributors

User Guide

Summary Table of Contents

BOOK ONE—COMPETITION RULES

Part I: Conditions for the Application of both Articles 101 and 102
Part II: Article 101(1), (2) and (3)
Part III: Horizontal Agreements
Part IV: Vertical Agreements
Part V: Industrial and Intellectual Property Agreements
Part VI: Joint Ventures
Part VII: Article 102
Part VIII: State Intervention
Part IX: Sectoral Application of EU Competition Rules
Part X: Procedure and Remedies
Part XI: Relations with Other Areas of Law

BOOK TWO—MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Chapter 1 Legislation
Chapter 2 Jurisdiction: Cases and References
Chapter 4 Procedure
Chapter 5 Remedies

TABLES

Table 1 Chronological List of Commission Decisions (General Competition Rules)
Table 2 List of Cases Reported in Competition Reports (General Competition Rules)
Table 3 Chronological List of General Court Judgments (General Competition Rules)
Table 4 Chronological List of European Court Judgments (General Competition Rules)
Table 5 List of Merger Decisions
Table 6 Chronological List of Merger Decisions (EU)—Simplified Procedure
Table 7 List of Joint Venture Decisions
Table 8 List of General Court and Court of Justice Judgments (Merger Regulation)
Table 9 Chronological List of Commission Decisions (ECSC)
Table 10 Chronological List of European Court Judgments (ECSC)
Table 11 List of National Decisions: Antitrust
Table 12 List of National Decisions: Mergers
Table 13 Table of Fines
Table 14 List of Legislation and Documents
Table 15 Alphabetical List of Commission Decisions
Table 16 Alphabetical List of General Court Judgments
Table 17 Alphabetical List of European Court Judgments

Index

Christopher Jones is Deputy Director-General for Energy in the European Commission, with specific responsibility for international energy issues and the coordination of energy policy. Before then he was Head of Cabinet to the Commissioner for Development. This followed on from his positions as Director for New and Renewable Sources of Energy, and Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Energy, with responsibility for co-ordination and strategic development of energy policy. Prior to this he held a number of positions as Heads of Unit in the European Commission's Directorate General for Energy (later the Directorate General for Energy and Transport). Mr Jones studied Law at the University of Reading and the College of Europe in Bruges and is the co-author and editor of four books on competition and energy policies. He is also author of numerous articles on EU law and a Member of the Advisory or Editorial Boards of numerous academic journals.

Marc van der Woude is a judge at the General Court and professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Prior to joining the court, he was a member of the Brussels bar since 1995. Before that he was a member of the Legal Service of the European Commission. In the eighties he worked as a legal secretary at the Court of Justice, as a rapporteur in DG COMP and as a lecturer at Leiden University. Marc van der Woude studied law at the University of Groningen and College of Europe in Bruges. He is also author of numerous publications on EU law.

Nicolas Charbit, Editor of Concurrences and e-Competitions
Delphine Gillet, Senior Associate at the Competition and Regulation group, Stibbe
Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Partner, Competition, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Bram Hoorelbeke, Senior Associate at the Competition and Regulation group, Stibbe
Jotte Mulder, EU competition lawyer; PhD candidate at European University Institute, Florence
Hendrik Viaene, Partner at the Competition and Regulation group, Stibbe
Rein Wesseling, Partner at the Competition and Regulation group, Stibbe; Professor of Competition Law and Regulation at the Law Faculty of the University of Amsterdam

“This work serves as a unique entry point—I would argue better than a search engine—to the vast range of decided cases.”

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