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| Table of treaties and conventions | |
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| Table of EU legislation | |
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| Table of statutes | |
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| Table of statutory instruments | |
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| Table of competition commission reports | |
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| Table of OFT reports, decisions and publications | |
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| Table of cases | |
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| List of abbreviations | |
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| Competition policy and economics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of the Practices Controlled by Competition Law | |
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| The Theory of Competition | |
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| The Function of Competition Law | |
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| Market Definition and Market Power | |
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| Overview of EU and UK competition law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| EU Law | |
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| UK Law | |
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| The Relationship Between EU Competition Law and National Competition Laws | |
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| The Institutional Structure of EU and UK Competition Law | |
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| Article 101(1) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Undertakings and Associations of Undertakings | |
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| Agreements, Decisions and Concerted Practices | |
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| The Object or Effect of Preventing, Restricting or Distorting Competition | |
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| The De Minimis Doctrine | |
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| The Effect on Trade Between Member States | |
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| Checklist of Agreements That Fall Outside Article 101(1) | |
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| Article 101(3) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Article 101(3) Criteria | |
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| Regulation 1/2003 | |
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| Block Exemptions | |
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| Article 102 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Commission's Guidance on Article 102 Enforcement Priorities | |
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| Undertakings | |
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| The Effect on Inter-State Trade | |
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| Dominant Position | |
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| A Substantial Part of the Internal Market | |
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| Small Firms and Narrow Markets | |
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| Abuse | |
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| Defences | |
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| The Consequences of Infringing Article 102 | |
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| The obligations of Member States under the EU competition rules | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Article 4(3) TEU-Duty of Sincere Cooperation | |
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| Article 106 TFEU-Compliance with the Treaties | |
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| Article 37 TFEU -State Monopolies of a Commercial Character | |
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| Articles 107 to 109 TFEU-State Aids | |
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| Articles 101 and 102: public enforcement by the European Commission and national competition authorities under Regulation 1/2003 | |
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| Overview of Regulation 1/2003 | |
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| The Commission's Enforcement Powers under Regulation 1/2003 | |
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| Regulation 1/2003 in Practice | |
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| Judicial Review | |
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| Articles 101 and 102: private enforcement in the courts of Member States | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Actions for an Injunction and/or Damages | |
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| Damages Actions in the UK Courts | |
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| Competition Law as a Defence | |
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| Arbitration | |
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| Proposals for Reform | |
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| Competition Act 1998-substantive provisions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Competition Act 1998-Overview | |
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| The Chapter I Prohibition | |
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| The Chapter II Prohibition | |
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| 'Governing Principles Clause': Section 60 of the Competition Act1998 | |
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| The Competition Act 1998 in Practice | |
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| Competition Act 1998 and the cartel offence: public enforcement and procedure | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Inquiries and Investigations | |
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| Complaints and Super-Complaints | |
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| Opinions and Informal Advice | |
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| Enforcement | |
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| The Cartel Offence and Company Director Disqualification | |
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| Concurrency | |
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| Appeals | |
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| Article 267 References | |
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| Enterprise Act 2002: market studies and market investigations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of the Provisions on Market Investigation References | |
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| Super-Complaints | |
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| OFT Market Studies | |
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| Market Investigation References | |
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| Public Interest Cases | |
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| Enforcement | |
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| Supplementary Provisions | |
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| The Market Investigation Provisions in Practice | |
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| Orders and Undertakings Under the Fair Trading Act 1973 | |
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| The international dimension of competition law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Extraterritoriality: Theory | |
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| The Extraterritorial Application of US Competition Law | |
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| The Extraterritorial Application of EU Competition Law | |
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| The Extraterritorial Application of UK Competition Law | |
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| Resistance to Extraterritorial Application of Competition Law | |
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| The Internationalisation of Competition Law | |
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| Horizontal agreements (1)-cartels | |
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| The Hardening Attitude of Competition Authorities Worldwide Towards Cartels | |
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| The European Commission's Approach to Cartels | |
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| Horizontal Price Fixing | |
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| Horizontal Market Sharing | |
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| Quotas and Other Restrictions on Production | |
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| Collusive Tendering | |
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| Agreements Relating to Terms and Conditions | |
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| Exchanges of Information | |
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| Advertising Restrictions | |
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| Anti-Competitive Horizontal Restraints | |
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| UK Law | |
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| Horizontal agreements (2)-oligopoly, tacit collusion and collective dominance | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Theory of Oligopolistic Interdependence | |
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| Article 101 | |
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| Article 102 and Collective Dominance | |
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| UK Law | |
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| Horizontal agreements (3)-cooperation agreements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Full-Function Joint Ventures | |
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| The Application of Article 101 to Horizontal Cooperation Agreements and the Commission's Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements | |
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| Information Agreements | |
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| Research and Development Agreements | |
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| Production Agreements | |
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| Purchasing Agreements | |
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| Commercialisation Agreements | |
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| Standardisation Agreements | |
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| Other Cases of Permissible Horizontal Cooperation | |
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| The Application of the Chapter I Prohibition in the UK Competition Act 1998 to Horizontal Cooperation Agreements | |
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| Vertical agreements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Distribution Chain | |
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| Vertical Integration | |
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| Commercial Agents | |
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| Vertical Agreements: Competition Policy Considerations | |
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| Vertical Agreements: Article 101(1) | |
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| Vertical Agreements: Regulation 330/2010 | |
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| The Application of Article 101(3) to Agreements that do not Satisfy the Block Exemption | |
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| Regulation 461/2010 on Motor Vehicle Distribution | |
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| Sub-Contracting Agreements | |
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| UK Law | |
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| Abuse of dominance (1): non-pricing practices | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Exclusive Dealing Agreements | |
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| Tying | |
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| Refusal to Supply | |
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| Non-Pricing Abuses that are Harmful to the Internal Market | |
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| Miscellaneous Other Non-Pricing Abuses | |
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| Abuse of dominance (2): pricing practices | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cost Concepts | |
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| Exploitative Pricing Practices | |
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| Rebates that have Effects Similar to Exclusive Dealing Agreements | |
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| Bundling | |
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| Predatory Pricing | |
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| Margin Squeezing | |
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| Price Discrimination | |
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| Pricing Practices that are Harmful to the Single Market | |
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| The relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Licences of Intellectual Property Rights: Article 101 | |
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| Technology Transfer Agreements: Regulation 772/2004 | |
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| The Application of Article 101 to Other Agreements Relating to Intellectual Property Rights | |
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| Article 102 and Intellectual Property Rights | |
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| UK Law | |
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| Mergers (1)-introduction | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Terminology | |
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| Merger Activity | |
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| The Proliferation of Systems of Merger Control | |
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| Why Do Firms Merge? | |
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| What is the Purpose of Merger Control? | |
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| Designing a System of Merger Control | |
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| Mergers (2)-EU law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of EU Merger Control | |
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| Jurisdiction | |
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| Notification, Suspension of Concentrations, Procedural Timetable and Powers of Decision | |
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| Substantive Analysis | |
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| Remedies | |
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| Powers of Investigation and Enforcement | |
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| Judicial Review.891 | |
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| International Cooperation | |
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| The EUMR in Practice | |
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| Mergers(3)-UKlaw | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of UK Merger Control | |
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| The OFT's Duty to Make References | |
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| Determination of References by the CC | |
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| The'Substantial Lessening of Competition'Test | |
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| Enforcement | |
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| Supplementary Provisions | |
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| The Merger Provisions in Practice | |
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| 'Public Interest Cases', 'Other Special Cases' and Mergers in the Water Industry | |
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| Particular sectors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nuclear Energy | |
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| Military Equipment | |
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| Agriculture | |
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| Coal and Steel | |
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| Transport | |
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| Regulated Industries | |
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| Electronic Communications | |
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| Post | |
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| Energy | |
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| Water | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |