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 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 …

This Essay discusses concerns raised by the core proposal in the Commission of European
Communities'(" Commission") recently published White Paper on Modernisation of the Rules …

The transformation of EC competition law, since the adoption of the European Community
Merger Regulation ('ECMR') in 1989, is a well-examined topic. 1 Three elements …

This book comprises a set of papers that were prepared for and delivered at the Global
Competition Law Centre's Annual Conference" Modernisation and Enlargement: Two Major …

The idea of the Modernisation of European Competition Law had been launched by the
Commission in late 2000 in a White Paper. The Commission proposed to decentralise the …

The new Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2003 on the implementation of the rules on
competition laid down in Article 81 and 82 of the EC-Treaty, which came into force on 1 May …

The former President of the United States Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, told Congress
that the experience of the financial crisis shattered his confidence in the self-regulating …

The adoption by the Council of a new legal framework for the enforcement of Articles 81 and
82 EC represents the beginning of the end of an era and style of EC competition law …

When the European Commission published its" White Paper on modernisation of the rules
implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the EC Treaty" in spring 1999'it triggered a broad …