Bellamy & Child: European Community law of competition, 6th ed.

Abstract:
The new edition of this work has been fully updated to encompass the major changes in substantive law, enforcement procedures and case law since the last edition. It examines the impact of modernisation on enforcement by national authorities and courts, while coverage of national decisions post-modernisation is integrated in the book, using information collated from a network of key correspondents in the Member States. Increased coverage of the new system has been introduced in particular within the chapter on the Community Context and the Role of Member States.

There is a major new chapter on Market Definition, while coverage of Sectoral regimes and their relationship with competition law is consolidated into a single chapter which focuses in particular upon agriculture, energy, insurance, telecommunications, and transport.

The comprehensive accompanying volume of European Community competition law materials (edited by Andrew Macnab) has been fully updated to include all of the relevant legislation, Commission Notices and Guidelines, and as a new feature now provides detailed cross-references to the commentary in the main work.

The book will be of interest to practitioners dealing with competition (antitrust), business and EC law; competition and trade authorities; practitioners and regulators in key sectors such as telecommunications, financial services, intellectual property and transport; academics specialising in competition (antitrust), business and EC law; reference libraries; in each case, throughout Europe and worldwide.

Contents:
1. The Treaty and its Territorial Reach - Vivien Rose and Peter Roth
2. Article 81(1) - Vivien Rose and Peter Roth
3. Article 81(3) - Christopher Thomas
4. Market Definition - Alistair Lindsay and Nicholas Scola
5. Common Horizontal Agreements - Frances Barr
6. Vertical Agreements affecting Distribution or Supply - Kassie Smith
7. Joint Ventures and Similar Collaborative Arrangements - Christopher Bright and John Schmidt
8. Merger Control - John Boyce (et al.)
9. Intellectual Property Rights - Ashley Roughton
10. Article 82 - Ashley Roughton
11. The Competition Rules and the Acts of Member States - Josh Holmes
12. Sectoral Regimes - Christopher Brown (et al.)
13. Enforcement and Procedure - George Peretz (et al.)
14. The Enforcement of the Competition Rules in the Member States - Anneli Howard (et al.)
15. State Aids: Postscript on Microsoft - Christopher Vajda and Alan Bates

NOTE: A Supplement to the 6th edition was published in March 2010