General Introduction | European Competition Law () • Livv

1. Aims of European competition law

From its entry into force, the EC Treaty has included among the Union objectives the establishment of a system ensuring that competition is not distorted. The new Article 3 TFEU (Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) no longer refers to …

2. Competition law and buyer power

The phenomenon of buyer power does not easily fit within competition law. Buyer power is generally but not exclusively applicable to distributors and concerns mainly the upstream market, i.e. relations between distributors and suppliers, whereas …

3. "Economization" of European competition law

Competition law has been undergoing profound changes for a number of years now. Economists want to see an increasingly efficient competition regime, which for them, means an increasingly economic approach and the progressive “economization” of …

4. Competition law in the digital age.

Conscious of the importance of the digitalization of the economy in the fight against climate change and for a successful ecological transition, the Commission is pursuing its strategy to build a digital Europe. After the adoption of the …

5. General bibliography

ROTHNIE, Parallel Imports, Sweet & Maxwell, 1993; GRAYSTON, European Economics And Law: Competition, Trade, Single Market, Palladian Law Publishing, 1999; WAELBROECK & FRIGNANI, European Competition Law, Transnational Publishers, 1999; DRAHOS, …