Dive into Competition Law

THE ORIGINS AND AIMS OF COMPETITION POLICY

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling together, it ought to do nothing to facilitate such assemblies; much less to render them necessary.”

A. Smith, Wealth of Nations

EU COMPETITION LAW

Recommended Books on EU Competition Law

Richard Whish and David Bailey, Competition Law, Oxford University Press
Jonathan Faull and Ali Nikpay, Faull and Nikpay: The EU Law of Competition, Oxford University Press
Vivien Rose and David Bailey (Edited by),Bellamy and Child: European Union Law of Competition, Oxford University Press

Simon Bishop and Mike Walker, The Economics of EC Competition Law: Concepts, Application and Measurement, Sweet & Maxwell, 2010
Massimo Motta, Competition Policy: Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2004

On US Antitrust Law

Phillip E. Areeda and Herbert Hovenkamp, Antitrust Law: An Analysis of Antitrust Principles and Their Application, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.

CARTELS

Article 101 TFEU

“Our philosophy is just the opposite. In reality, it is our competitors who are our friends and the customer is our enemy.“

Dwayne Andreas, chairman ADM (secret recording of meetings of the Lysine Cartel, DOJ investigation)

ABUSE OF DOMINANCE

Article 102 TFEU

MERGERS

STATE AID

Article 107 TFEU

PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT

RELEVANT LEGISLATION & OTHER MATERIALS

EU Legislation:

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Core provisions Articles 101, 102, 106

Other relevant provisions: Articles 3, 14, 37, 103, 104, 105, 119, 339, 346.

Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the EC Merger Regulation) Official Journal L 24, 29.01.2004, p. 1-22.

US Legislation

Clayton Act
Sherman Act
FTC Act, particularly Section 5

Competition Law Authorities

EU Directorate General for Competition Website
- DG COMP case search
US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Website
- DOJ case search
Federal Trade Commission Website
- FTC case search

BLOGS TO FOLLOW

The American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law

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