Non-Competition Interests in EU Antitrust Law: An Empirical Study of Article 101 TFEU by Or Brook ISBN 9781108943772, 9781108837606, 9781108931229, 9781108946674, 1108943772, 1108837603, 1108931227, 1108946674, B09VXRSYP8 instant download

Non-Competition Interests in EU Antitrust Law: An Empirical Study of Article 101 TFEU by Or Brook ISBN 9781108943772, 9781108837606, 9781108931229, 9781108946674, 1108943772, 1108837603, 1108931227, 1108946674, B09VXRSYP8 instant download

This book is the first to empirically examine the role of non-competition interests (public policy) in the enforcement of the EU's prohibition on anti-competitive agreements. Based on an original quantitative and qualitative database of over 3,100 cases, this book records all of the public enforcement actions of Article 101 TFEU taken by the Commission, EU Courts, and the national competition authorities and courts of five representative Member States (France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and the UK). The book not only exposes explicit tools in which non-competition interests played a role, but also sheds light on the “dark matter” of balancing, namely, invisible forms of balancing triggered by the institutional and procedural setup of the competition enforcers. Moreover, it contributes to the empirical-legal study of various other aspects of EU competition law enforcement, such as its objectives, the more economic approach, decentralized enforcement, and the functioning and success of Regulation 1/2003.