• The new edition of a leading practitioner work on EC competition/antitrust law
• A unique insider's view of the subject, it is written entirely by current and former members of DG Competition
• A practical reference tool that puts particular emphasis upon how law and policy apply in practice
• Forward-looking analysis provides guidance on areas that are still undecided or evolving
• Even more dependable and rigorous than the previous edition: the coverage is expanded and enhanced
• New chapters on modernization, cartels, state aids, and vehicle distribution agreements, and expanded analysis of mergers
• Full analysis of the key substantive, procedural and interpretative changes being introduced during 2004, as well as the latest case-law

New to this edition

• New chapters on modernization, cartels, state aids, and vehicle distribution agreements, and a more detailed analysis of mergers
• Full analysis of the key substantive, procedural and interpretative changes being introduced during 2004, as well as the latest case-law

Readership: 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.

Edited by Jonathan Faull, Director General of Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission, and Ali Nikpay, Senior Director - Case Scrutiny and Competition Policy, Office of Fair Trading, England

Review(s) from previous edition

"Faull and Nikpay immediately stands apart from the rest because of its editor and authorship. ...the book will soon become an essential tool for EC antitrust practitioners... The quality of the description and analysis is consistently high. The book is well produced and the text is easy to navigate. - Chris Kerse, ECLR

"Faull & Nikpay is written entirely by officials working for the European Commission Competition Department and competition experts have bought copies to discover more about their thinking. The book is much better than that. Many using the book tell me how happy they are with it. In chapter after chapter the best articles in English are cited and more awareness of the economic analysis is demonstrated than in the European Commission's decisions. The development of the law is lucidly explained. This is the best book ... to consult. Not only are the rules and case law described, the reasons for the rules are explained. This feature should help practitioners to understand their likely future development." - Valentine Korah, Journal of World Competition

"... an essential guide for all practitioners and regulatory officials whose work touches upon EC competition/antitrust law and practice." - European Access

"The publication of this book is both timely and welcome...The book's extensive treatment of the substantive law...is well structured and is...fluent, coherent and accurate...All in all, this is a fine book and will, no doubt, become established as one of the "must have" texts for practitioners and academics alike." - Peter Kunzlik Nottingham Law Journal Vol 9(2)

"rather elegant and excellently written." - European Voice, 21st Sept. 2000.

"The EC Law of Competition should be at the right hand of every counsellor." - Professor Barry E. Hawk, Skadden, Arps, Meagher and Flom LLP; Director, Fordham Corporate Law Institute

"The in-depth working knowledge that the authors possess makes this an unique work. It is likely to become the new standard reference for EC competition law." - Christopher Bright, Clifford Chance

"...this book provides a concise description of the case law and the administrative practice and explains the rationale behind the law. It contains an in-depth analysis of specific sectors of the economy such as financial services, communications, energy and transport." - European Counsel, February 2000

"...an excellent complementary volume to Bellamy & Child. Even at £125 it is well worth the investment and will be consulted frequently by anyone seriously dealing with EC competition law." - European Journal of Law Reform

Part I - General Principles
1: Luc Peeperkorn and Vincent Verouden: The Economics of Competition
2: Eddy De Smijter and Lars Kjølbye: The Enforcement System under Regulation 1/2003
3: Ali Nikpay, Jonathan Faull and Lars Kjølbye: Article 81
4: Carles Esteva Mosso, Stephen A. Ryan, Svend Albaek and María Luisa Tierno Centella: Article 82
5: Peder Christensen, Kyriakos Fountoukakos and Dan Sjöblom: Mergers
6: José Luis Buendia Sierra: Article 86 - Exclusive Rights and Other Anti-Competitive State Measures
Part II - Specific Practices
7: Francisco Enrique Gonzalez Diaz: Horizontal Co-operation Agreements
8: François Arbault and Ewoud Sakkers: Cartels
9: Mario Filipponi, Luc Peeperkorn and Donncadh Woods: Vertical Agreements
10: Kevin Coates, Lars Kjølbye and Luc Peeperkorn: Intellectual Property
Part III - Special Sectors
11: Steve Ryan, Eduardo Martinez Rivero, Albert Nijenhuis: Financial Services
12: Harold Nyssens and Dominik Schnichels: Energy
13: Kevin Coates and Wolf Sauter: Communications (Telecoms, Media and Internet)
14: Monique Negenman (Air), Maria Jaspers (Maritime), Rita Wezenbeek (Inland) and Joos Stragier (General): Transport
15: Konrad Schumm and Hubert Gambs: Motor Vehicles
Part IV - State Aid
16: Andreas Knaul and Francisco Pérez Flores: State Aid