Proceedings of the European Competition Forum: Exclusive and Selective Distribution (European Law) - Hardcover

Laudati, Laraine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471966681 ISBN 13: 9780471966685

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Synopsis

Containing contributions and expert input from a high–level group of European Commission officials, representatives from national competition authorities and judges from across Europe, Proceedings of the European Competition Forum provides an authoritative insight into the current debate on the development of European Union competition law on vertical restraints by focusing on three key areas: exclusive distribution, selective distribution and economic dependence. In anticipation of the Commission’s Green Paper on vertical restraints which will set forth various options for the reform of Community law with a view to launching the debate in a more formal context, the distinguished contributors examine the following questions:

• Does current Community law adequately distinguish between those vertical restraints which constitute restrictions of competition and those which do not?
• Is Community law applicable to exclusive and selective distribution networks too lenient or too strict? Does it take into account the consequences and effects of modern technologies on competition?
• How–do the competition laws of Member States and their interpretation by national authorities differ from those of the Community?

The critique of current Community practice in this important field of law by Member State competition authorities and judges is of vital importance. The authoritative conclusions of this group of contributors presented in Proceedings of the European Competition Forum provide essential reading for all European competition law practitioners, advisers, policy makers and academics.

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About the Author

Claus Dieter Ehlermann is Professor for Economic Law at the European University Institute in Florence, and a Member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva. In 1961 he joined the Legal Service of the European Commission, where he was Director–General from 1977 to 1987. He served as Spokesman of the Commission from 1987 to 1990, and then as Director–General of the Directorate–General for Competition from 1990 to 1995. He has lectured at the College of Europe in Bruges, at the Free University of Brussels and at the University of Hamburg, where he became Honorary Professor in 1983. His publications focus on European Community law and in particular on institutional and competition law issues. One of his other main areas of interest is deregulation.
Laraine L. Laudati is an attorney who has worked extensively as a consultant to the Directorate–General for Competition of the European Commission, where she was a member of the team which prepared the Green Paper on vertical restraints. She has practised law in Washington DC and is currently completing a PhD thesis at the European University Institute in Florence. She is a specialist in EC competition law and has published numerous studies and articles in this area.

• Does current Community law adequately distinguish between those vertical restraints which constitute restrictions of competition and those which do not?
• Is Community law applicable to exclusive and selective distribution networks too lenient or too strict? Does it take into account the consequences and effects of modern technologies on competition?
• How–do the competition laws of Member States and their interpretation by national authorities differ from those of the Community?

The critique of current Community practice in this important field of law by Member State competition authorities and judges is of vital importance. The authoritative conclusions of this group of contributors presented in Proceedings of the European Competition Forum provide essential reading for all European competition law practitioners, advisers, policy makers and academics.

From the Inside Flap

Proceedings of the European Competition Forum Edited by Claus Dieter Ehlermann and Laraine L. Laudati European Commission In 1995 the European Commission staged a unique gathering of competition law administrators and judges from the European Union, its Member States and associated European countries. Two key developments in EU competition law made the timing of the Forum of particular importance:

• the European Commission s launch of a Green Paper to review current Community law applicable to vertical restraints and to propose options for reform; and
• the growing move towards the decentralized implementation of competition law with the aim of providing the national authorities with increased power and competence.

The Forum concentrated on the rules applicable to exclusive and selective distribution agreements, and addressed a number of key questions under these headings. Proceedings of the European Competition Forum provides the only authoritative record of the discussions and conclusions reached at this high–level European meeting. The text provides an insight into the views of the national competition authorities from the administrators who run the cartel offices and the judges who implement the rules.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471966681
• ISBN 13: 9780471966685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276