Competition Law in the EU: Principles, Substance, Enforcement

This incisive textbook enhances understanding of EU competition law, exploring significant substantive and enforcement issues relating to antitrust, merger control and state aid law. Providing an examination of well-established doctrines, landmark judgements and the impact of recent developments, this textbook also highlights the importance of the interplay between domestic and European competition law by discussing national competition rules and frameworks.

Competition Law in the EU will be an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduate and masters-level students of European or comparative competition law. The textbook will also be beneficial to other postgraduate researchers and practitioners; in particular, it will be a useful guide for in-house company training courses.

Key features include:

• A focus on the European and national dimensions of the EU competition rules, including the shared enforcement responsibilities of the European Commission and national authorities
• Analysis of recent developments in competition law, including digital markets
• Discussion of the impact of issues such as Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic
• Critical assessment and thorough analysis of the most significant competition law issues.

Johan W. van de Gronden, Professor of European Law, Department of International and European Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, and State Counsellor in Extraordinary Service, the Dutch Council of State, the Netherlands and Catalin S. Rusu, Associate Professor of European Law, Department of International and European Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands