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Horizontal Agreements and Cartels in EU Competition Law

Horizontal Agreements and Cartels in EU Competition Law

Author: Filip Tuytschaever; Frank Wijckmans
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199698202
Published In: March 2015
Format: Hardback , 512 pages
Jurisdiction: European Union ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The most comprehensive text available that focuses on cartels in EU competition law
Practical guidance from leading practitioners and public enforcers providing support for day-to-day practice by offering overviews of the various stages of cartel enforcement, and procdural checklists to allow practitioners to see at a glance what steps to follow in order to avoid cartel investigation, or to take action for damages against a cartel
Examines recent legislation including the EU damages directive and recent case law

Investigating, dissolving, and punishing cartels is increasingly a top priority for the European Commission and for national competition authourities. This work offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive examination of the substantive law and procedure of EU competition law as it applies to cartels as well as to other horizontal agreements.

This unique work supplies the views of both private practitioners and public enforcers. The private practitioners discuss their day-to-day experience and share the insights which they believe their fellow-practitioners should be aware of. The public enforcers act in tandem with the private practitioners and add in their contribution the specific points of attention which they recommend practitioners should take into account. The work sets out the ways in which a cartel is defined and organised, how a cartel may be detected and investigated, the issue of liability for cartels (including parental and successor liability), the various sanctions available to investigating authorities, and the prospects for private enforcement and damages actions brought by victims of cartels. It addresses the procedure before the European Commission and the European Courts. Finally, the book deals with information exchanges (including an economic perspective), joint R&D agreements, specialisation agreements and other common types of horizontal agreements like joint purchasing, joint selling and standardisation.

Containing practical advice for practitioners, overviews of the various stages of cartel enforcement, procedural checklists, analysis of the most recent legislation including the new EU damages directive, and written by authors with extensive experience in advising the Commission's legal service in relation to competition law, this is the most comprehensive text available on cartels in EU competition law.

Readership: The primary market is competition law practitioners in private practice, barristers, and in-house counsel in multinational companies. A secondary market comprises regulators and enforcement agencies.

1: Typology and Proof of Cartels
2: Detection of Cartels
3: Investigation of Cartels
4: Procedure Before the Commission
5: Public Sanctions
6: Liability
7: Judicial Review
8: Private Enforcement
9: Block Exemption Regulations R&D and Specialization
10: Other Horizontal Agreements (I): Joint Purchasing, Joint Selling, Standardization
11: Other Horizontal Agreements (II): Information Exchanges

Edited by Filip Tuytschaever, Partner, Contrast, Brussels, and Frank Wijckmans, Partner, Contrast, Brussels

Contributors:
Filip Tuytschaever
Frank Wijckmans
Felix Ronkes Agerbeek
James S. Venit
Ingrid Vandenborre
Pablo Amador Sanchez
Ros Kellaway
Jan Nuijten
Konstantin Joergens
Manuel Kellerbauer
Hans Gilliams
Jan Bocken
Ralf Sauer
Andre Bouquet
Dirk Arts
Xavier Lewis
Maria Moustakali
Thomas De Meese
Eddy De Smijter
Stephanie Pautke
Angel Valdes
Pablo Faura Enriquez
Vincent Verouden
Aleksandra Boutin