European Commission Decisions on Competition
Economic Perspectives on Landmark Antitrust and Merger Cases

A classification and analysis of European Commission decisions adopted pursuant to Articles 81, 82 and 86 of the FEU Treaty.

Francesco Russo (Author), Maarten Pieter Schinkel (Author), Andrea Günster (Author), Martin Carree (Author)

9780521117197, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 July 2010

450 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.99 kg

Review of the hardback: 'This is an imaginative and well-chosen compilation of key decisions. The authors' review of the approach taken by the Commission in these cases allows the reader to appreciate the increased use of economic analysis by the Commission. A most useful text for those studying the impact of the more economics-based approach to competition law.' Giorgio Monti, London School of Economics

European Commission Decisions on Competition provides a comprehensive economic classification and analysis of all European Commission decisions adopted pursuant to Articles 101, 102 and 106 of the FEU Treaty from 1962 to 2009. It also includes a sample of landmark European merger cases. The decisions are organised according to the principal economic theory applied in the case. For each economic category, the seminal Commission decision that became a reference point for that type of anticompetitive behaviour is described. For this, a fixed template format is used throughout the book. All subsequent decisions in which the same economic principle was applied are listed chronologically. It complements the most widely used textbooks in industrial organisation, competition economics and competition law, to which detailed references are offered. The book contains source material for teachers and students, scholars of competition law and economics, as well as practising competition lawyers and officials.

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Table of legislation
Table of equivalences
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Horizontal constraints
3. Abuse of dominance
4. Licensing
5. Vertical restrictions
6. Joint ventures and alliances
7. Decisions addressed to Member States pursuant to Article 106 FEU Treaty
8. Mergers and acquisitions
Annex: 1. Decisions related to procedural issues
2. Table of landmark decisions described in the book
3. Table of mergers blocked by the European Commission
4. Table of merger decisions described in the book in alphabetical order
5. Table of all European Commission decisions on antitrust in alphabetical order
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Competition law / Antitrust law [LNCH], Economics of industrial organisation [KCD], Economics [KC]