Horizontal Agreements and EU Competition Law

• Timely overview of the recent changes to the European Commission's treatment of horizontal agreements
• Detailed examination of the separate types of agreements which are likely to infringe Article 81 EC
• Practical guidance on the sort of co-operative agreements which are likely to be permitted under the new rules
• Relevant Commission Guidelines and EC Treaty articles are collected in the Appendices

Readership: Solicitors and barristers specialising in competition law, academics in the field and reference libraries.

Mark Jephcott, Solicitor, Clifford Chance, London

Table of Legislation
Table of Cases
PART I: COMMON HORIZONTAL AGREEMENTS LIKELY TO INFRINGE ARTICLE 81 EC
Introduction
1: Hard-core cartels - an overview
2: Collusive Tendering
3: Restrictions On Prices and Other Trading Conditions
4: Market Sharing, Quantitative and Territorial Restrictions
5: Information Exchanges
6: Agreements Which Enable Exclusionary Practices
7: Joint Selling and Joint Purchasing
8: Joint Advertising, Trade Fairs and Exhibitions
PART II: COMMON HORIZONTAL CO-OPERATION AGREEMENTS LIKELY TO BE PERMITTED UNDER ARTICLE 81 EC
Introduction
9: The Guidelines
10: Agreements on Research and Development
11: Production Agreements (including Specialisation Agreements)
12: Purchasing Agreements
13: Commercialisation Agreements
14: Standardisation Agreements
15: Environmental Agreements
16: Other Forms of Permissible Horizontal Co-Operation
Appendices
Index