The Interface between Competition and the Internal Market - Market Separation under Article 102 TFEU

Zusatztext The book is particularly interesting for competition lawyers and lawyers with an interest in the internal market. (Translated from the original Dutch) Informationen zum Autor Vasiliki Brisimi (DPhil, Oxon) is an Associate at Koutalidis Law Firm in Athens, Greece. Zusammenfassung This book explores the interface between competition law and market integration in the application of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), focusing on the notion of ‘market separation’-namely conduct that may hinder cross-border trade. The discussion reviews, among other things, the treatment of geographic price discrimination and exclusionary abuse, by which out-of-state competitors are affected. ‘Market separation’ cases are treated in the book as a case study for appraising the interface between competition and the Internal Market. On this basis, the book provides a comparative analysis of the Treaty requirements under Article 102 TFEU when applied in ‘market separation’ cases and the Treaty requirements under the free movement provisions. In addition, it utilises ‘market separation’ cases as a springboard for advancing an informed reformulation of the application of Article 102 TFEU when state action comes into play.All in all, the analysis presented in the book deconstructs the elements for establishing ‘market separation’ as an abuse of the dominant position. It shows that there is nothing that would justify a distinctive treatment of ‘market separation’ under Article 102 TFEU, other than a principled understanding of Internal Market law as a whole: whatever understanding one reaches about the proper shape of the Internal Market, interrogation of the proper application of competition law comes after that and thus should be informed by this understanding. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. The Interface between Competition and the Internal Market: Market Separation under Article 102 TFEU II. Methodological Remarks on the Analysis of ‘Market Separation under Article 102 TFEU’ III. Summary of the Chapters of this Book 1 Objectives of Article 102 TFEU and Market Integration: From a Historical Analysis to the Current Jurisdictional Approach I. Introduction II. Objectives of EU Regulation of Unilateral Anti-competitive Conduct (Article 102 TFEU) III. Linking the Objectives of Article 102 TFEU to EU Trade Liberalisation IV. ‘Effect on Trade’: An Analytical Approach to Jurisdictional Elements with the Advantage of Hindsight V. Conclusions 2 Market Separation under Article 102 TFEU: The Role of Dominance I. Introduction II. Cases of Market Separation by Dominant Undertakings under Article 102 TFEUIII. An Analytical Approach to Market Separation by Private Actors under the Free Movement Provisionsand its Relationship to Market Separation by Dominant Undertakings IV. Functionalism and the Significance of Public Enforcement of the Competition Law Provisions V. Beyond Functionalism: The Significance of a Quantitative Threshold for Power VI. The Specific Example of Article 106(2) TFEU VII. Conclusions 3 Market Separation under Article 102 TFEU: The Role of Economic Justifications I. Introduction II. The Analytical Framework for Assessing Market Separation as an Abuse of the Dominant Position III. Conceptual Elements of Measures Constituting a Restriction on Free Movement IV. Establishing Market Separation as an Abuse of the Dominant Position V. The Constitutional Basis for Aligning the Notions of Trade Barrier and Abuse of the Dominant Position VI. Conclusions 4 Market Separation under Article 102 TFEU and the Role of Non-economic Justifications: A Question of Attribution I. Introduction II. Abuse and Public Policy Justifications: Treaty-Based Arguments III. Abuse and Public Policy Justifications: Interpretation of the Case Law IV. Conclusions 5 Shared Responsibility for Market Separation by Dominant Undertakings and the State: The Question of Attrib...

Product details

• Authors: Vasiliki Brisimi
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781509909278
• ISBN: 978-1-5099-0927-8
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Hart Studies in Competition La; Hart Studies in Competition La
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law