Competition European Law

Category: E

  • Entry barriers

    Entry barriers in the European Union LawConcept of Entry barriers provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Barriers to entry are factors that prevent or hinder companies from entering a specific […]

  • Essential facility

    Essential facility in the European Union LawConcept of Essential facility provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): A facility or infrastructure which is necessary for reaching customers and/or […]

  • Exclusionary practice

    Exclusionary practice in the European Union LawConcept of Exclusionary practice provided by the "Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy" (Antitrust and control of concentrations, published in 2002): Practice by a dominant company that tends to impair the opportuni-ties of […]

  • Empowerment of the Competition Commissioner

    Empowerment of the Competition CommissionerBy various Commission decisions, the Competition Commissioner has been empowered to adopt a series of acts. When adopting acts by empowerment reference must be made to the empowerment decision which specifically refers to the act to be adopted <a n…

  • Empowerments relating to the Leniency Notices

    Empowerments relating to the Leniency NoticesThere exist three different Leniency Notices, adopted respectively in 1996, 2002 and 2006. Depending on the transitional rules they contain, all of them could still apply. As stated above [point (17)], all final decisions on immunity or leniency …

  • Empowerments relating to the United States and Canada

    Empowerments relating to the co-operation with the United States and CanadaIn the framework of the cooperation with the United States and Canada, the Competition Commissioner is empowered to adopt the following acts: (a) requests to the competition authorities of the United States and of Ca…

  • ESA Competence

    ESA CompetenceIf a case needs to be transmitted to ESA for reasons of competence, a corresponding decision must be taken by the Commissioner, who has received an empowerment to this effect (Commission's decision of 6 April 1994, PV (1196) adopting SEC (94) 571, point 1.b). Once this dec…

  • ESA Participation

    Participation of EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) and EFTA Member StatesWhen an Advisory Committee meeting is convened in a case with EEA relevance, the invitation to attend this meeting is extended to the ESA 1 .More about ESA Participa…

  • EU Courts

    EU CourtsThe Court of Justice of the European Union is one of the EU institutions. It is based in Luxembourg. It is now composed of three different courts: the Court of Justice of the European Union ("Court of Justice" also known as the "ECJ") (this wording therefore ref…

  • EU public interest

    The notion of "EU public interest"The term 'public' included in the notion of 'EU public interest' has been introduced to underline the public policy dimension and discretionary nature of the Commission's intervention on the basis of Article 10 and, conversely,…