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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785039803321

Autore

Simonsson Ingeborg

Titolo

Legitimacy in EU cartel control [[electronic resource] /] / Ingeborg Simonsson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Or., : Hart, c2010

ISBN

1-4725-6071-X

1-282-71972-6

9786612719721

1-84731-568-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Collana

Modern studies in European law ; ; v. 20

Disciplina

343.240721

Soggetti

Cartels - European Union countries

Effectiveness and validity of law - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelims; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note to Reader; Summary Contents; Contents; Table of Cases; Other Commission Decisions; Advocate-General Opinions; US Case Law; Table of Legislation; International Agreements; 1 The Method; 2 The Role of Legitimacy in Decentralisation; 3 Testing Legitimacy of the Policy Pursued; 4 Legitimacy of Substantive Cartel Law; 5 Legitimacy and Evidentiary Standards; 6 Legitimacy and the Relation between National Competition Procedure and EC Law; 7 Legitimacy in Fines and Sanctions; 8 Sourcing Legitimacy; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the law developed by the EU to control cartels. The law, including case-law, is carefully documented and analysed against a standard oflegitimacy which questions the EU's enforcement measures, its institutional structures, policy choices, substantive law, evidentiary standards and procedures and sanctions. It includes a unique catalogue of over 150 EU cartel decisions, as well as novel analyses of difficult borderline issues such as mixed horizontal and vertical cartels, single-brand dealer cartels and buyer cartels. The effect on trade in cartel cases is analysed with refer