Aims and Value in Competition Law

With the Lisbon Treaty the principle of undistorted competition disappeared from the EU Treaty itself and was moved to a Protocol and the principle of social market economy was introduced. Together with the economization of competition law this has provoked a debate on the role of competition law in EU.

The book is the result of a research conference in September 2012 at the Law Faculty at Copenhagen University.

Introduction - by Caroline Heide-Jorgensen, Christian Bergqvist, Ulla Neergaard & Sune Troels Poulsen

EU Competition Law from Rome to Lisbon – Social Market Economy - by Giorgio Monti

Consumer Welfare in EU Competition Policy - by Svend Albæk, Chief Economist Team, Directorate-General for Competition  

The Relationship between Article 101 (1) TFEU and Article 101 (3) TFEU 77 - by Caroline Heide-Jørgensen

Is there (Still) Room for Non-Economic Arguments in Article 101 TFEU Cases? - by Chris Townley  

Can Consumer Welfare Convincingly be said to be an Objective of Article 102 when the Methodology Relies on an Inference of Effects - by Liza Lovdahl Gormsen

Use and Abuse of Competition Law in Pursuit of the Single Market. Has Competition Law Served as Regulation Subject to a Quasi Industrial Policy Agenda? - by Christian Bergqvist  

Services of General (Economic) Interest in EU competition law - by Johan van de Gronden

State Aid and Economic Development – the Case of Aid for Research, Development and Innovation - by Sune Troels Poulsen

The Resilience of Sector-Specific Competition Law in the Liberalized Sectors – Structural necessities or institutional inertias? - by Nina Boeger & Joseph Corkin

Comments on Public Distortions of Competition, State and the Market - by Andreas Bartosch

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