The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty gives reason to reconsider the compatibility of EU
competition law enforcement with the reformed EU primary law in several respects. One …

Competition law has been a fundamental area of EU law ever since the establishment of the
Treaties of Rome in 1957. 1 EU competition law consists of specific substantive rules, such …

Abstract Regulation 1/2003 granted the European Commission generous powers for the
enforcement of EU competition rules which bring with them the potential benefit of …

In the early decades of European integration the enforcement of EU competition law was
highly centralised. Virtually all enforcement actions under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU were …

Enforcement of European Union (EU) competition law has one of the longest traditions of all
areas of EU law discussed in this volume. The reason is obvious. Substantive EU …

This paper discusses the topic of'Comparing Laws' in the specific context of the
decentralised enforcement of EU competition law and the parallel application of national …

For a number of reasons-notably its limited administrative resources-the European
Commission (the Commission) seems to be relying increasingly on methods of competition …

The role of the EU competition law rules in shaping the EU Internal Market can hardly be
overstated. The EU substantive rules dealing with cartels, abuse of dominance and State aid …

The European Competition Law Annual 2002 is the seventh in a series of volumes following
the annual workshops on EU Competition Law and Policy held at the Robert Schuman …

EU competition policy has undergone fundamental transformations over the past 20 years.
The changes observed are substantive, procedural and institutional in nature. Two decades …