Competition Cases from the European Union

This multi-jurisdictional volume examines the practice of the authorities and courts in 27 European Union Member States. It presents the legislation in each member state with any relevant amendments and associated case law, providing the most important issues of law and fact. Each chapter deals with legislation, case law and related commentary in a particular jurisdiction, making it easy to compare differences.

The authors analyse the main legal issues arising from the most influential cases, and how these have been dealt with by the competition authorities and courts in each jurisdiction.

• Contains summaries of the most important EU legislation and case law
• Compares the practice of competition law across Europe and identifies trends in the development of competition legislation and practice
• Shows how similar legal and economic issues arising in the 27 EU Member States have been dealt with by the different authorities
• Includes an extensive key-word index of the main issues raised and addressed in the cases
• Provides an extensive bibliography on general aspects of competition law for each jurisdiction
• Written by local experts on EC competition law (judqes, lawyers, academics, authorities' officials)