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1 Defining the Relevant Market in European Competition Law |
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1 | (19) |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 One or Several Definitions of the Concept of Reference Market in Competition Cases |
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4 | (11) |
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1.3 Factors Used in the Analysis of Relevant Market |
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15 | (5) |
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2 Economic Power under Article 101(1) TFEU: Quantitative Evaluation of the `Appreciable' Nature of a Restriction on Competition and Trade between Member States |
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20 | (26) |
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20 | (1) |
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2.2 The Requirement that Competition within the Internal Market is Restricted |
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21 | (6) |
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2.3 The Requirement that Trade between Member States is Affected |
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27 | (1) |
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2.4 The Requirement that the Restriction on Competition and the Effect on Trade between Member States be Appreciable: `Qualitative Appreciability' and `Quantitative Appreciability' |
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28 | (10) |
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2.5 Restatement: The Qualitative and Quantitative Elements of Article 101(1) TFEU |
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38 | (8) |
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3 Economic Power under Article 102 TFEU: Establishment of Dominant Position |
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46 | (22) |
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3.1 Introduction: The Concept of Dominant Position. Dominance, Superdominance and the New `Article 102(3)' |
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46 | (7) |
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3.2 Structure of Supply: Market Share and the Structure and Resources of Undertakings |
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53 | (6) |
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3.3 Potential Competition and Barriers to Entry |
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59 | (3) |
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3.4 Structure of Demand: Countervailing Power, Demand Elasticity and Market Maturity |
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62 | (2) |
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3.5 Behaviour of Undertakings |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (3) |
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4 Economic Power in the European Merger Regulation: Significant Impediment to Effective Competition, in Particular as the Result of the Creation or Strengthening of a Dominant Position |
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68 | (30) |
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4.1 Introduction: Article 2 of the European Merger Regulation |
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68 | (14) |
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4.2 Structure of Supply: Market Share (Temporal Evolution and Degree of Concentration) |
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82 | (6) |
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4.3 Potential Competition |
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88 | (3) |
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4.4 Structure of Demand: Phase of the Market, Countervailing Power, Degree of Concentration |
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91 | (4) |
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4.5 Conclusions regarding the Establishment of a Significant Market Power in Merger Control Cases |
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95 | (3) |
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5 Economic Power under Article 101(3)(b) TFEU: The Condition of Not Eliminating Competition in Respect of a Substantial Part of the Market |
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98 | (27) |
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5.1 Introduction: General Questions concerning Article 101(3) TFEU |
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98 | (16) |
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5.2 General Questions regarding the Fourth Condition of Article 101(3) TFEU |
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114 | (2) |
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5.3 Outline of the Concept of the Elimination of Competition in the Case Law of the EU Courts |
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116 | (3) |
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5.4 Analysis of Article 101(3)(b) TFEU |
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119 | (6) |
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6 Assessment of Economic Power under Article 101(3)(b)(II) |
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125 | (21) |
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6.1 The Importance of Internal Competition: Agreements with Limited Content |
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125 | (4) |
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6.2 Structure of Supply: Market Share and Degree of Concentration |
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129 | (12) |
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6.3 Potential Competition under Article 101(3)(b) TFEU |
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141 | (1) |
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6.4 Countervailing Power of Clients as a Means of Avoiding the Elimination of Effective Competition |
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142 | (2) |
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6.5 Behaviour of Undertakings Participating in a Restrictive Agreement as an Indication of their Market Power |
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144 | (2) |
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7 Collective Dominant Position in General |
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146 | (27) |
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146 | (2) |
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7.2 Analysis of `Collective Position' |
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148 | (13) |
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7.3 The Problem of Internal Competition between Undertakings in a Collective Dominant Position |
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161 | (7) |
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7.4 Analysis of Market Power in Situations where a Collective Dominant Position Exists |
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168 | (5) |
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8 Oligopolistic Interdependence and Dominant Oligopolistic Position in Relation to Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and Regulation 139/2004(I) |
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173 | (27) |
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8.1 Oligopolies and Oligopolistic Competition |
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173 | (3) |
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8.2 Collective Monopolies and Non-Competitive Oligopolies |
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176 | (2) |
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8.3 `Tacit Collusion' and `Tacit Coordination' |
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178 | (5) |
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8.4 Evolution of the Concept of Oligopolistic Collective Dominant Position in EU Merger Control |
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183 | (8) |
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8.5 Parallel Behaviour and Non-Competitive Oligopolistic Interdependence: Collusion (Express or Tacit) as a Defining Criterion. Possibility, Ease or Probability Compared to Rational Certainty or Automatism of Non-Competitive Parallel Behaviour between Oligopolists |
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191 | (9) |
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9 Oligopolistic Interdependence and Dominant Oligopolistic Position in Relation to Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and Regulation 139/2004 (II) |
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200 | (45) |
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9.1 The Adoption of a New Substantive Test to Cover Certain Unilateral Effects of Concentrations. Coordinated Effects and Unilateral Effects in the European Control of Concentrations |
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200 | (22) |
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9.2 Application of Article 101 TFEU to `Tacit Coordination' and its Limitations: The Other `Blind Spot' of Oligopolies in Competition Law and the Possible Boundary between Competitive and Non-Competitive Oligopolies |
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222 | (8) |
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9.3 Tackling Non-Competitive Oligopolies by Applying the Concept of Collective Dominant Position under Article 102 |
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230 | (11) |
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9.4 A Graphic Representation of the Possible Classification of Parallel Behaviour with respect to Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and the Second `Oligopoly Blind Spot' |
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241 | (1) |
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9.5 Restatement: Differences between the Traditional Collective Dominant Position and the Oligopolistic Collective Dominant Position |
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242 | (3) |
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10 Expressly Collusive or Pure Collusive Dominant Position in European Competition Law |
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245 | (35) |
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10.1 Introduction: The Pure or Expressly Collusive Dominant Position as a Type of Traditional or Cooperative Dominant Position |
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245 | (3) |
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10.2 Relationship between Articles 101(3) and 102 TFEU |
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248 | (8) |
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10.3 Theories concerning Thresholds of Market Power in European Competition Law and the Concepts of `Dominant Position' and `Elimination of Competition in Respect of a Substantial Part of the Market' |
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256 | (20) |
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10.4 Limits on the Acceptance of Agreements Restricting Competition between Companies and the Complete Incompatibility of Pure Collusive Dominant Positions with Article 101(3)(B) TFEU |
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276 | (4) |
| Epilogue: A Paradigm of Market Power in EU Competition Law |
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280 | (9) |
| Bibliography |
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289 | (16) |
| Index |
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