Butterworths Competition Law Handbook

Offers busy practitioners with the key UK legislation as well as OFT Guidance. This book includes OFT 451 - Involving third parties in Competition Act investigations (April 2006); and OFT 511 - Market investigation references (March 2006).

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"Butterworths Competition Law Handbook" provides busy practitioners with the updated key UK legislation as well as OFT Guidance. Now in its 12th edition, "Butterworths Competition Law Handbook" is fully updated to include significant new legislation since the previous edition.
The features new to this edition include: OFT 451 - Involving third parties in Competition Act investigations (April 2006); OFT 511 - Market investigation references (March 2006); OFT - Guidance note on the calculation of turnover for the purposes of Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (July 2003); OFT - Mergers fee information (February 2006);OFT: Interim arrangements for informal advice and pre-notification contacts (April 2006); CC1 - Competition Commission: Rules of Procedure (March 2006); CC4 - General Advice and Information (March 2006); CC6: Chairman's Guidance to Groups (March 2006); and, CC12 - Disclosure of information by the Competition Commission to other public authorities (April 2006)The features new to this edition also include: Competition Commission - Guidance on the use of interim measures pending final determination of merger references (June 2006); Commission Notice on the rules for access to the Commission file in cases pursuant to Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty, Articles 53, 54 and 57 of the EEA Agreement and Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2005); 1184/2006/EC - Council Regulation of 24 July 2006 applying certain rules of competition to the production of, and trade in, agricultural products (Codified version); 1459/2006/EC - Commission Regulation of 28 September 2006 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements and concerted practices concerning consultations on passenger tariffs on scheduled air services and slot allocation at airports; and, Commission Guidelines on the method of setting fines imposed pursuant to Article 23(2)(a) of Regulation No 1/2003 (2006).The features new to this edition also include: European Competition Network - Model Leniency Programme (2006); Guidelines on National Regional Aid for 2007-2013 (2006); Commission Decision of 28 November 2005 on application of Article 86(2) of EC Treaty to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest; Communication from the Commission - Community Guidelines on financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines departing from regional airports (2005); and, Community Guidelines on state aid to promote risk capital investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (2006).
There is also a new Appendix containing: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air transport services in the Community (2006); Draft amendment of the 2002 Commission Notice on Immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases (2006); Draft Explanatory memorandum - Community Guidelines on State aid and risk capital to small and medium-sized enter.