EU Competition Law Handbook 2016

The 'EU Competition Law Handbook' provides a comprehensive digest of Commission decisions and competition cases before the EU and national courts, conveniently cross-referenced by subject matter, for the swift location of the full list of relevant case-law, regulations and notices. The Handbook has published every year since 1990, each edition updating the previous edition to include all developments in the field.

There are three sections to the Handbook: “General Competition Rules”; “Mergers and Acquisitions”; the third section comprising tables of cases and legislation.

This established title is highly regarded among competition lawyers as a research tool for the identification of the key competition cases and legislation. The Handbook takes the pain out of research by identifying the key cases and legislation relevant to specific subjects and keywords under the broad spectrum of competition law.

The 'EU Competition Law Handbook' covers:
-Distinct sections on General Competition Rules and Mergers and Acquisitions;
-An analytical digest divided by subject matter to guide you through the maze of legislation, cases and decisions;
-Detailed tables showing the type of decision reached by the Commission or Court of Justice, the type of agreement or activity, the product in question and any fine imposed;
-Tinted thumb tabs aid your navigation through the book;
-A comprehensive citatory of Commission decisions and competition cases before the EU and national courts categorised in highly detailed concepts of competition law by experts in the field;
-A sophisticated tree structure to drill down to particular types of agreement, practice or legal question;
-The final book contains extensive reference tables for the location of full text judgments and English case summaries online;
-National cases which are relevant to a competition lawyer in other jurisdictions;
-An annual update: this is the 26th edition, incorporating decisions and developments up to July 2015.

Key cases include:
-Mergers: UPS/TNT Express, EDF/Dalkia en France, Liberty Global;
-Antitrust: Airfreight, TV and computer monitor tubes, Lundbeck, the applications for annulment brought against the Commission decisions in the Paraffin waxes and in the Reinforcing bars in bars or coils cartel cases, as well as the appeals lodged by Guardian in the Professional videotape cartel case and by IKK in the Fasteners cartel case;
-More recent national decisions from the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands and other EU member States.