Foundations of European Union Competition Law

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The Objective and Principles of Article 102

By Renato Nazzini(Autor*in)

Oxford University Press

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Erschienen am 1. Dezember 2011

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Cover
Contents
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Table of Treaties and Conventions
Table of European Union Legislation
Table of National Legislation
1 Introduction
A. The problem
B. The method
C. The structure of the inquiry
I: NORMATIVE FOUNDATIONS
2 Normative Theory of Competition Law
A. Introduction
B. Non-welfare objectives
C. Social welfare
D. Conclusion
3 The Design of the Optimal Abuse Tests
A. Introduction
B. The search for a single test
C. Intent
D. The no economic sense test
E. The as efficient competitor test
F. The consumer harm test
G. Conclusion
II: LEGAL FOUNDATIONS
4 The Objective of Article 102
A. Introduction
B. Interpretation of Article 102
C. The problem of the objective of the EU competition rules in the case law and secondary legislation
D. Conclusion
5 The General Framework of the Abuse Tests in EU Law
A. Introduction
B. The proportionality test in context
C. Proportionality under Article 102
D. The limited usefulness of the definition of abuse in Hoffmann-La Roche
E. Continental Can and the concept of effective competition
F. The special responsibility of the dominant undertaking
G. Causal link between dominance, conduct, and effect
H. Conclusion
III: TESTS OF ABUSE
6 The Tests of Intent
A. Introduction
B. The naked abuse test
C. Intent and the risk of systematic false convictions
D. Intent and the risk of systematic false acquittals
E. Evidence of intent as circumstantial evidence
F. Conclusion
7 The As Efficient Competitor Test
A. Introduction
B. Predatory conduct
C. Margin squeeze
D. Conditional above-cost rebates
E. Unconditional above-cost rebates
F. Mixed bundling
G. Exclusivity
H. Discrimination
I. Conclusion
8 The Consumer Harm Test
A. Introduction
B. The consumer harm test in vertical foreclosure
C. Exploitative abuses
D. Consumer harm as the default test for exclusionary abuses
E. Conclusion
9 Defences
A. Introduction
B. Burden of proof and evidential burden
C. Thresholds of anti-competitive effects
D. Proportionality defences
E. Objective justification defences
F. Conclusion
IV: ANALYTIC OF THE CONCEPT OF DOMINANCE
10 Single Dominance
A. Introduction
B. Dominance as the ability to harm competition
C. Dominance as market power
D. Barriers to entry
E. Countervailing buyer power
F. Conclusion
11 Collective Dominance
A. Introduction
B. The emergence of the concept of collective dominance
C. Non-oligopolistic collective dominance
D. Oligopolistic collective dominance
E. Abuse of collective dominance
F. Conclusion
V: THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK OF ARTICLE 102
12 General Conclusion
A. Introduction
B. Towards a coherent analytical framework for the application of Article 102
C. Objectives, principles, and tests clarified
D. Addressing the main shortcomings of the current case law and enforcement practice
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Index
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