Coherence in EU Competition Law by Wolf Sauter

Coherence in EU Competition

EU competition law plays a central role in the process of European integration and has constantly been developing at a different pace. The dynamics of change in EU competition law have been quickened by the introduction of Regulation 1/2003 that has enabled a decentralised enforcement system of EU antitrust where NCAs and national courts have been empowered to apply articles 81 and 82 EC (now 1...

Challenges of EU competition law for general practice commissioning.

The health white paper has generated considerable debate, but there has been little discussion about the practical implementation of the processes underpinning its requirements. Many commentators have drawn parallels between some features of general practice commissioning and previous commissioning incarnations, such as fundholding and total purchasing pilots. However, the regulatory landscape ...

The relationship between competition law and capital market in Iran

stock market is run by special regulations. accordingly, analyzing the issues about the relation between the competition law and capital market such as stock market officials and their boundaries in the context of setting, controlling and  enforcing rules, the generality or specificity of such rules, the controllability of stock market in comparison to the general competition rules and the stat...

Merger Remedies in EU: Design under the Entire Competition Law Structure

Price Squeezes with Positive Margins in Eu Competition Law: Economic and Legal Anatomy of a Zombie

Whilst this stands to reason, the TeliaSonera case-law adds that there can also be an “exclusionary” abuse when rivals’ margins are “positive”, 2 by virtue, for instance of “reduced profitability”. 3 In other words, there is an infringement of Article 102 TFEU even if rivals maintain the ability to competitively sell their products at prices above costs. We call this the positive margin squeeze...