The Shaping of EU Competition Law

A ground breaking study of how the interaction between the European Commission and the EU Courts has shaped EU competition law.

Pablo Ibáñez Colomo (Author)

9781108429429, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 July 2018

384 pages, 53 b/w illus. 8 tables
23.5 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.75 kg

'In addition to being an important contribution to the understanding of EU competition law and its development, The Shaping of EU Competition Law is an excellent product of legal science … this book is nonetheless clearly destined to become a standard work on the evolution of EU competition law and the crucial influence of the institutional dimension of legal enforcement on the content of substantive law.' Justin Lindeboom, Common Market Law Review

Based on a unique and comprehensive database, The Shaping of EU Competition Law combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to shed light on the evolution of EU competition law. It brings a new perspective to some of the most topical issues in the field including due process and the intensity of judicial review. The author's main purpose is to examine how the institutional structure influences the substance of EU competition law provisions. He seeks to identify patterns in the behaviour of the European Commission and the EU Courts and how they interact with each other. In particular, his analysis considers how the European Commission reacts to the case law and whether, and in what instances, the EU courts defer to the analysis of the administrative authority. The analysis is supported by the database and an unprecedented array of statistics and figures free to view online.

List of figures, charts and tables
Acknowledgements
Table of cases
Part I. Theory: 1. Introduction
2. An analytical framework for the EU competition law system
Part II. Analysis: 3. Restrictions of competition under Article 101(1) TFEU
4. The notion of abuse within the meaning of Article 102 TFEU
5. The substantive assessment of mergers
Part III. Implications: 6. The shaping of EU competition law – past and prospects
7. Conclusions
Index.

Subject Areas: Competition law / Antitrust law [LNCH], Law [L], EU & European institutions [JPSN2]