Competition Policy in the European Union (European Union Series)

Competition Policy in the European Union provides a comprehensive introduction to the European Union's policies on restrictive practices, monopolies and mergers, and state aid. Making use of legal and economic as well as political sources, the authors offer a wide ranging analysis of the evolution, operation and regulation of one of the EU's most important policies in a clear and accessible format.

in A Comprehensive And Systematic Fashion, This Book Provides A Clear And Accessible Introduction To The European Union's Policies, Dealing With Institutional, Procedural And Substantive Policy Matters.

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a Systematic Treatment Of One Of The Most Arcane, Complex, And Controversial Of The European Union's Policies As It Pushes For A Single Market. Considering Institutional, Procedural, And Substantive Policy Matters, Overviews The Various Dimensions Of Competition Control. Describes Policy For Restrictive Practices, Monopolies, Mergers, State Aid, State-owned Firms, Public Utilities, And The Service Sector. Annotation C. By Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Front Matter....Pages iii-xii Introduction....Pages 1-14 A History of European Competition Policy....Pages 15-37 The Institutions of European Competition Policy....Pages 38-59 Restrictive Practices Policy....Pages 60-79 Monopoly Policy....Pages 80-96 Commission Decision-Making in Restrictive Practices and Monopoly Cases....Pages 97-115 Merger Policy....Pages 116-134 State Aid Policy....Pages 135-159 The ‘New’ Competition Policy: The Public Sector and the Utilities....Pages 160-178 Decentralising European Competition Policy....Pages 179-193 The Internationalisation of European Competition Policy....Pages 194-213 Conclusions....Pages 214-224 Back Matter....Pages 225-250 The authors here highlight the key role of the European Commission and its pivotal relationship with the European Court of Justice and set European Union's competition policy in the broader context of international trade reform, globalization, and the consolidation of regional trading blocks. Making use of legal, economic and political sources, this book offers an analysis of the evolution, operation and regulation of the EU's policies on restrictive practices, monopolies and mergers, and state aid