European Competition Law Annual 2002 (European Competition Law Annual)

532 Pages·2004·1.5 MB·English

by  Claus

EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW ANNUAL 2002:
Constructing the EU Network of Competition Authorities

EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW ANNUAL:
2002
Constructing the EU Network of
Competition Authorities
Edited by
Claus-Dieter Ehlermann
and
Isabela Atanasiu
OXFORD AND PORTLAND OREGON
2004
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LIST OF SPONSORS 2002
Akin,Gump,Strauss,Hauer & Feld LLP
Contact:Professor Jacques H H Bourgeois
Brussels Office
Avenue Louise 65
PB No 7
B-1050 Brussels
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Blake,Cassels & Graydon LLP
Contact:Calvin S Goldman,QC
Commerce Court West
199 Bay Street
Toronto,Ontario
Canada
M5L 1A9
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Cleary,Gottlieb,Steen & Hamilton
Contact:Professor Mario Siragusa
Rome Office
Piazza di Spagna 15
I-00187 Rome
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vi List of Sponsors
Howrey Simon Arnold & White
Contact:James Rill,Esq
1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington,DC 20004
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Martinez Lage & Asociados
Contact:Santiago Martínez Lage
Claudio Coello 37 – 28001
Madrid
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Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher & Flom LLP
Contact:Professor Barry Hawk
Brussels Office
523 Avenue Louise
B-1050 Brussels
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White & Case/Forrester Norral & Sutton
Contact:Professor Ian Forrester
Brussels Office
62,rue de la Loi
B-1040 Brussels
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Wilmer,Cutler,Pickering,Hale & Dorr LLP
Contact:John Ratliff
Brussels Office
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CONTENTS
List of Sponsors v
Table of Cases ix
INTRODUCTION xv
PANELONE:THENETWORKCONCEPT,
COMPETITIONAUTHORITYNETWORKSANDOTHER
REGULATORYNETWORKS
1. Discussion 3
2. Working Papers
I. David J Gerber 43
II. Stephen Wilks 65
III. James F Rill 81
IV. Barry Hawk and Jeffrey Beyer 97
V. Ulf Böge 111
VI. Mark Thatcher 119
VII. Ex Cursus:Burkard Eberlein 135
PANELTWO:BROADSYSTEMICISSUES
1. Discussion 153
2. Working Papers
I. Céline Gauer 187
II. Frédéric Jenny 203
III. Laurence Idot 211
IV. Imelda Maher 223
V. Alexander Schaub 237
VI. Ulf Böge 247
VII. Mario Siragusa 255
VIII. Giuseppe Tesauro 269
IX. Roland Sturm 275
viii Contents
PANELTHREE:TECHNICALPROBLEMAREAS
1. Discussion 283
2. Working Papers
I. John Fingleton 325
II. Ian S Forrester 341
III. Anne Willem Kist 355
IV. Marc van der Woude 369
V. Margaret Bloom 389
VI. Santiago Martínez Lage and Helmut Brokelmann 405
VII. Monica Widegren 419
VIII. Jacques HJ Bourgeois 427
IX. Wouter Wils 433
X. Dennis Waelbroeck 465
BIBLIOGRAPHY 485
Table of Cases
I. EC Cases
ABB v Commission,Case T–31/99,[2002] ECR II–1881................................476
Adams,Case 145/83,[1985] ECR 3539 ..........................................................478
AKZO Chemie v Commission,Case 53/85,[1986] ECR 1965 ....362,375,413–5
AM&S Europe v Commission,Case 155/79,[1982] ECR 1575 ..............297,415
Annibaldi,Case C–309/96,[1997] ECR I–7493..............................................441
Automec v Commission,Case T–24/90,[1992] ECR II–2223..........................196
Baustahlgewebe v Commission,Case C–185/95 P,[1998]
ECR I–8417..........................................................................................441,449
BECTU,Case C–173/99 [2001] ECR I–4881 ..................................................444
Belgische Radio en Televisie et Société belge des auteurs,
compositeurs et éditeurs v SV SABAM et NV Fonior (BRT-I),
Case 127/73,[1974] ECR 51........................................................190,372,461
Booker Acquaculture and Hydro Seafood,Joined Cases C–20/00
and C–64/00,[2003] ECR I–7411................................................................444
Bostock,Case C–2/92,[1994] ECR I–955........................................................416
British-American Tobacco and RJ Reynolds,Joined Cases 142/84
and 156/84,[1987] ECR 487................................................................240,362
Cimenteries CBR,Case T–25/95,[2000] ECR II–491 ....................................385
Der Grüne Punkt — Duales System Deutschland AG v Commission
(DSD System),Case T–151/01 R 1,Court Order of 15.11.2001 ........168,177
Dirección General de Defensa de la Competencia v Asociación
Española de Banca Privada (AEB),Case C–67/91,[1991]
ECR I–4785 ..................................290–2,297,343,356,369,374–5,378–82,
387,394,400,405,407,411,417,452–3,477
Dow Benelux v Commission,Case 85/87,[1989] ECR 3137..........279,291,297,
374–5,382,407,411,413,477
DSR Senator Lines v Commission,Case T–191/98 R,[1999]
ECR II–2531................................................................................................481
DSR-Senator Lines v Commission,Case C–364/99 P (R),[1999]
ECR I–8733..................................................................................................481
ERT,Case C–260/89,[1991] ECR I–2925 ..............................................196,482
Foto-Frost,Case 314/85,[1987] ECR 419................................................190,241
Friedrich Kremzow v Republik Österreich,Case C–299/95,[1997]
ECR I–2629..................................................................................................196
Heylens,Case C–222/86,[1987] ECR 4097 ....................................................387
Hilti v Commission,Case T–30/89,[1990] ECR II–163..........................297,415
x Table of Cases
Hoechst v Commission,Joined Cases 46/87 and 227/88,
[1989] ECR 2859 ........................................................382–3,453,473–4,482
Hubert Wachauf v Federal Republic of Germany,Case 5/88,
[1989] ECR 2609 ........................................................................................416
Hüls v Commission,Case C–199/92 P,[1999] ECR I–4287....................449,479
Hüseyin Gözütok andKlaus Brügge,Joined Cases C–187/01 and
C–385/01,judgment of 11 February 2003 ..................................................451
IMS Health,Case T–184/2001 R,[2001] ECR II–0000 ..................................467
Irish Sugar plc,Commission Decision,Case IV/34.621,35.059/F-3,
OJ L 258 of 22.09.1997 …………………………………………………………286
Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij (LVM) v Commission and Others,
Joined Cases C–238/99 P,C–244/99 P,C–245/99 P,C–247/99 P,
C–250/099 P to C–252/99 P and C–254/99),[2002] ECR I–8375..............453
Mannesmannröhren-Werke v Commission,Case T–112/98,
[2001] ECR II–729 ..................................................410,441,453,475–6,482
Masterfoods Ltd v HB Ice Cream Ltd,Case C–344/98,
[2000] ECR I–1412......................................................190,238,240,241,467
Matrav Commission,Case T–17/93,[1994] ECR II–595................................375
Michelin,Commission Decision of 20 June 2001,Case
COMP/E-2/36041................................................................................305,466
Ministère publicvAsjes,Joined Cases 209–213/84,[1986]
ECR 1425 ....................................................................................................461
Nouvelles Frontières,Joined Cases 209–213/84,[1986] ECR–1425 ..............372
Orkem v Commission,Case 374/87,[1989] ECR 3283....................................410
Postbank v Commission,Case T–353/94,[1996]
ECR II–921..........................................................................292,293,376,414
Rhône- Poulenc v Commission,Case T–1/89,[1991] ECR II–867..................449
Roquette Frères SA v DGCCRF,Case C–94/00,[2002]
ECR I–9011..................................................................................................474
SEP v Commission,Case T–39/90,[1991] ECR II–1497 ........375,377,407,412
SEP v Commission,Case C–36/92 P,[1994] ECR I–1911 ..........363,375,412–5
Stauder v Stadt Ulm,Case 29/69,[1969] ECR 419..........................................441
Stergios Delimitis v Henninger Bräu,Case C–234/89,[1991]
ECR I–935............................................................................................190,241
Visa International — Multilateral Interchage Fee,Commission
Decision of 24 July 2002,COMP 29.373............................................305,466
The Queen v Secretary of State for Transport ex parteFactortame
(No. 2),Case C–213/89,[1990] ECR I–2433..............................................414
Walt Wilhelm v Bundeskartellamt,Case 14/68,[1969]
ECR 1 ................................................................................49,302,446,470–1
Warner Lambert/Gilette and Others andBIC/Gillette and Others,
Commission Decision of 10 November 1992 in Cases No IV/33.440
and No. IV/33.486,OJ L 116/21 of 12.5.1993............................................240
Woodpulp,Case C–89/85,[1993] ECR I–1307................................................385