Table of contents

1. Competition policy and economics ; 2. Overview of EU and UK competition law ; 3. Article 101 (1) ; 4. Article 101 (3) ; 5. Article 102 ; 6. The obligations of Member States under the EU competition rules ; 7. Articles 101 and 102: public enforcement by the European Commission and national competition authorities under Regulation 1/2003 ; 8. Articles 101 and 102: private enforcement in the courts of Member States ; 9. Competition Act 1998 - substantive provisions ; 10. Competition Act 1998 and the cartel offence: public enforcement and procedure ; 11. Enterprise Act 2002: market studies and market investigations ; 12. The international dimension of competition law ; 13. Horizontal agreements (1) - cartels ; 14. Horizontal agreements (2) - oligopoly, tacit collusion, and collective dominance ; 15. Horizontal agreements (3) - cooperation agreements ; 16. Vertical agreements ; 17. Abuse of dominance (1): non-pricing practices ; 18. Abuse of dominance (2): pricing practices ; 19. The relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law ; 20. Mergers (1) - introduction ; 21. Mergers (2) - EU law ; 22. Mergers (3) - UK law ; 23. Particular sectors