The Evolution of European Competition Law

Edited by Hanns Ullrich, Professor Emeritus, Affiliated Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany

Contents:

Foreword

PART I: INTRODUCTION

Introduction
Hans Ullrich

Part II: STRATEGIC COMPETITION POLICIES? US–EU CONFLICTS AND CONVERGENCE
1. Foundations of Competition Policy in the EU and the USA: Conflict, Convergence and Beyond
Clifford A. Jones

2. Strategic Competition Policy: A Comment on EU Competition Policy
Wulf-Henning Roth

3. Revision of the New Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation: Convergence or Capitulation?
Mark R. Patterson

4. The Evolution of European Competition Law and the Italian Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
Giuseppe Tesauro

PART III: CONTROLLING RESTRICTIONS OF COMPETITION
5. Vertical Agreements: 4 Years of Liberalisation by Regulation n. 2790/99 After 40 Years of Legal (Block) Regulation
Denis Waelbroeck
Comments
Wolfgang Kerber and Roger Zäch

6. Cooperative Networking: Bridging the Cooperation–Concentration Gap
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques and Ana Abrunhosa
Comments
Andreas Fuchs and Daniel Zimmer

7. Mergers in the Media Sector: Business as Usual?
Laurence Idot
Comments
Peristera Kremmyda and Ulf Bernitz

8. Abuse of Market Power: Controlling Dominance or Protecting Competition?
Laurence Boy
Comments
Peter Behrens and Eleanor M. Fox

Part IV: APPROACHING COMPETITION BY REGULATION
9. Regulating Towards What? The Concepts of Competition in Sector-Specific Regulation, the Likelihood of their Realisation and of their Sustainability, and their Relationship to Rendering Public Infrastructure Services
Christian Kirchner
Comments
Kurt Stockmann and Fabiana Di Porto

10. Competition, Regulation and System Coherence
Joël Monéger
Comments
Jens Fejø and Paul L.G. Nihoul

Part V: CONCLUSION: THE NEW THINKING
11. Efficiency Claims in EC Competition Law and Sector-Specific Regulation
Damien Geradin
Comment
Gustavo Ghidini

Index