The European Competitive Environment

The single European Market and competition; the distortion of competitive forces - the case of state aids; anti-competitive conduct and the abuse of market power - articles 85, 86, and 90; policing concentration activity - a new role for Brussels; monitoring competition in the EU - the members states; competition and the social chapter; the external implications of EU competition policy - the relations with foreign partners. Case studies: open skies over Europe; let the Euro "phone wars" begin; from command economy to regulating competition - the Hungarian experience; energy and competition; EU agriculture under competitive pressure; EU railways - open access for all or national monopoly?; the transformation of European competition policy - the case of Sweden and Finland.