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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819118403321

Autore

Colino Sandra Marco

Titolo

Vertical agreements and competition law : a comparative study of the EU and US regimes / / by Sandra Marco Colino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Or., : Hart, 2010

ISBN

1-4725-6064-7

1-282-65949-9

9786612659492

1-84731-561-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

343.240721

Soggetti

Antitrust law - European Union countries

Exclusive contracts - European Union countries

Restraint of trade - European Union countries

Antitrust law - United States

Exclusive contracts - United States

Restraint of trade - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--European University Institute, 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The enduring debate on the nature of vertical agreements -- Theorising vertical restraints : the intellectual foundations of EC competition law and US antitrust models -- Questioning the achievement of an adequate economic analysis -- The impact of competition rules on vertical contractural relationships.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book focuses on the current legal framework for vertical agreements in the EU and the US. Over the last ten years, antitrust rules governing these agreements have undergone thorough reform. In the EU, the old sector-specific block exemptions were replaced by Regulation 2790/99, applicable to all sectors of the economy. In addition, changes introduced to the procedural rules have led to the decentralisation of Article 81(3) and the removal of the notification requirement. In like manner, in the US the Supreme Court has gradually taken vertical restraints out of the per se illegality rule. What Sylvania



achieved in placing non-price vertical restraints under the rule of reason in the late 1970s, the Khan judgment did for maximum resale price maintenance in 1997, whilst most recently and most significantly in 2007 the Leegin case followed suit for minimum resale price maintenance."--BOOK JACKET.