Convergence of competition laws and policies in the European Community : Germany, Austria and the Netherlands

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Title:

Convergence of competition laws and policies in the European Community : Germany, Austria and the Netherlands

Author:

Drahos, Michaela.

ISBN:

9789041115621

9780880332972

Personal Author:

Drahos, Michaela.

Publication Information:

The Hague ; London : Kluwer Law International, c2001.

Physical Description:

xviii, 491 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

ix, 111 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

European monographs ; vol 26

Series Title:

European monographs ; vol 26

Contents:

1. Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century: "Old Wine in New Bottles" -- 2. East Central Europe: Continuity and Change -- 3. The Bolshevik Revolution and Balkan Revolutions -- 4. Romania's Development as a Communist State -- 5. Marxist Thought and the Rise of Nationalism -- 6. The "Takeover" in the Historic Perspective -- 7. The Revival of the Political Right in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: The Historical Perspective -- 8. Romania's Road to Democracy: A Questionable Past, An Uncertain Future.

Subject Term:

Antitrust law -- European Union countries.

Antitrust law -- Germany.

Antitrust law -- Austria.

Antitrust law -- Netherlands.

Geographic Term:

Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.

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Summary

Scholars have observed a gradual convergence of national European cartel laws towards EC competition law in recent years. Furthermore, most writers ascribe an important role in this convergence process to the influence of and pressure from the European Community. This is a remarkable conclusion considering the diversity that could be noticed only decades ago and the fact that the European Community has taken no direct legal action to harmonise national competition laws. These observations give rise to two questions: First, what is the extent of this convergence process and on which aspects do differences persist? Secondly, what have been the driving forces behind this development, and especially, what has been the role of the European Community in it?

The study concentrates on three countries, namely Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, which represented different models only some decades ago. The book aims at providing more insight into the development of competition policy in the EC and into the adaptation of national regulatory policy to EC law in general.

This book is of interest to lawyers, political scientists, and economists working in the field of competition policy, as well as to scholars interested in European integration in general.