Practitioners in the field of EC competition law know well how difficult
it is to find specific references about specific subjects in the case law. Now
this superb book a collection of EC competition case law extracts sorted by
subject dispels the difficulty. Among its enormous practical advantages are
the following:
• Under about 600 headings (44 chapters with numerous divisions and
subdivisions), it presents virtually every point from which a researcher in
the field is likely to start.
• The extracts are drawn from all the EC competition case law encompassing
every judgment, every order of the Court of Justice of the European
Communities (ECJ) and the Court of First Instance (CFI) since 1961.
• Because all pronouncements on the same subject are gathered together,
inconsistencies among cases are immediately apparent.
The prodigious work of compiling this incomparable guide is accomplished by
René Barents, who has been Head of Research and Documentation for the ECJ
since 2000. The book thus carries tremendous authority. Although it is
primarily of value to barristers, solicitors, in-house lawyers of companies
and associations of companies, officials of national competition authorities,
and other active practitioners in EC competition law, Directory on EC Case Law
on Competition will also be welcomed by scholars and others who need to obtain
in a minimum of time an overview of what the European courts have actually
stated about a specific point (including detailed references) in the field.
1 Articles 81 and 82 EC – General features 2
Articles 81 and 82 EC and member states 3 Article 81(1) EC - general
features 4 Undertaking 5 Agreements between undertakings 6
Concerted practices 7 Decisions of associations of undertakings 8
Restrictions of competition 9 Interstate trade 10 Article 81(2)
EC 11 Article 81(3) EC 12 Prices 13 Market sharing 14
Exclusive purchasing and supply agreements 15 Selective distribution
agreements 16 Exchange of information 17 Intellectual property
rights 18 Other restrictive practices 19 Article 82 – general
features 20 Dominant position 21 Criteria to establish a
dominant position 22 One or more undertakings 23 Abuse of a
dominant position 24 Unfair prices and other trading conditions 25
Rebates 26 Tying of trading partners 27 Refusal to sell 28
Other abusive practices 29 Merger control 30 Application of the
competition rules 31 Responsibility for infringements 32
Evidence 33 Administrative procedure 34 Complaints 35
Inquiries and investigations 36 Statement of objections 37
Access to the file 38 Professional secrecy 39 Hearing and
advisory committee procedure 40 Decisions 41 Fines 42
Article 86(1) EC 43 Article 86(2) EC 44 Article 86(3) EC