The adaption of competition rules in new and future member states to European Union Law (V)

Prof. em. Dr. Peter Behrens M.C.J.

doi:10.5771/9783845258812

Summary

For Central and Eastern European countries, the adaptation of their competition rules to European Union Law as well as the creation of adequate administrative structures for their implementation in the context of accession to or association with the EU is particularly challenging after so many years of central economic planning by the state.

The subject matter of this study is the adaptation of the Turkish competition law to EU competition rules on the basis of the Association Agreement between Turkey and the European Union. It analyzes by way of comparison the prohibition of cartels, the prohibition of abuses of a dominant position as well as the control of mergers, including the Turkish enforcement practice and the European Court of Justice.

This is a comprehensive scholarly study on the current Turkish Competition Law. It is at the same time a valuable source of information for legal practice.

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Bibliographic data

Publication year: 2015
Publication date: 13.02.2015
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-1854-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-5881-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriftenreihe des EUROPA-KOLLEGS HAMBURG zur Integrationsforschung
Volume: 72
Language: English
Pages: 274
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 22
Abbreviations No access Pages 23 - 24
Introduction No access Pages 25 - 28
1. 1. 1. The Association Agreement and the Additional Protocol No access
    2. Customs Union No access
  2. 1. Pre-Candidature Developments No access
    2. 1. Copenhagen Criteria and Acquis Communitaire No access
      2. Negotiations No access
  3. 1. Obligation to Approximate Competition Legislation No access
    2. Specific Provisions on Competition Matters No access
    3. 1. Legal Status No access
      2. Direct Applicability No access
2. 1. 1. 1. Legislation Applied to Competition Matters No access
      2. Draft Acts on Competition Matters No access
    2. 1. Constitutional Requirements No access
      2. Customs Union Decision No access
    3. The Legal Character of Competition Law No access
  2. 1. 1. Definition No access
      2. The “More Economic Approach” Concept No access
    2. 1. The Purpose of the Competition Act No access
      2. Territorial Application No access
        Personal Application No access
    3. 1. Prohibition of Cartels No access
      2. Abuse of Dominant Position No access
      3. Merger Control No access
    4. 1. Institutions No access
      2. Powers of the Institutions No access
      3. Judicial Review by the Courts No access
      4. Invalidity No access
        Liability for Damages No access
1. 1. The principle of prohibition No access
  2. 1. 1. Definition No access
      2. Economic Activity No access
      3. Economic Independence No access
      4. State Owned Entities No access
    2. Association of Undertakings No access
  3. 1. 1. Concept of Agreement No access
      2. Horizontal Agreements No access
        Vertical Agreements No access
      3. Unilateral Conduct No access
        Single Overall Agreement No access
    2. 1. Concept of Decision No access
      2. Anti-Competitive Practices of Associations of Undertakings No access
    3. 1. Concept of Concerted Practice No access
      2. Existence of at Least Two Undertakings No access
        Parallel Behaviour No access
        Contact between Undertakings No access
        Restriction of Competition No access
      3. Circumstantial Evidence No access
      4. The Relation between Agreements and Concerted Practices No access
2. 1. 1. Restriction by Object No access
    2. Restriction by Effect No access
    3. Restriction of Potential Competition No access
    4. De Minimis Doctrine: Appreciable Effect on Competition No access
  2. 1. Introduction No access
    2. Fixing Prices and Other Trade Conditions No access
    3. 1. Territorial Allocation of Markets No access
      2. Allocation of Customers and Products No access
    4. Limitation and Control of Production No access
    5. Prevention of New Entrants and Collective Boycotts No access
    6. Discrimination No access
  3. 1. Introduction No access
    2. 1. Exclusive Distribution No access
      2. Selective Distribution No access
      3. Resale Price Fixing No access
    3. Exclusive Supply Agreements No access
    4. Agency Agreements No access
3. 1. 1. Notification No access
    2. 1. Beneficial Effects No access
      2. Welfare of the Consumer No access
      3. Indispensability of the Restriction No access
      4. Preserving the Effective Competition on the Substantial Part of the Market No access
    3. Duration of the Exemption No access
  2. 1. Legal Structure of the Block Exemption Legislation No access
    2. The Block Exemption Legislation on Vertical Agreements No access
    3. Withdrawal of the Block Exemption No access
1. First Chapter: The Principle of Prohibition No access Pages 129 - 130
2. 1. 1. Monopoly No access
    2. Leading Position No access
  2. 1. 1. Introduction No access
      2. Definition No access
        Demand Substitution No access
        Supply Elasticity/Substitution No access
      3. Geographic Market No access
    2. 1. Own Market Shares No access
        Relative Market Shares No access
      2. Entry Barriers and Potential Competition No access
  3. Collective Dominance No access
3. 1. Definition of Abuse No access
  2. Special Responsibility of a Dominant Undertaking No access
  3. 1. Introduction No access
    2. 1. Predatory Pricing No access
      2. Excessive Prices No access
      3. Definition No access
        Selective Price Cutting No access
        Volume Rebates/Discounts No access
        Loyalty (Fidelity) Rebates No access
        Target Rebate Schemes No access
    3. 1. Refusal to Supply an Existing Customer No access
      2. Essential Facilities Doctrine No access
    4. 1. Introduction No access
      2. Two Separate Products No access
        Tying Products No access
        Sufficient Economic Power No access
        Restriction of Competition No access
        Absence of Objective Justifications No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. Collusion – Unilateral Behaviour No access
    2. Exemption - Objective Justifications No access
1. 1. 1. Aim of Merger Control No access
    2. “Merger” or “Economic Concentration” – Broad Definition of Merger No access
  2. 1. 1. Decisive Influence No access
      2. Lasting Basis No access
    2. 1. Sole Control No access
      2. Joint Control No access
    3. Independent Undertakings No access
  3. 1. Horizontal Mergers No access
    2. Vertical Mergers No access
    3. Conglomerate Mergers No access
2. 1. 1. 1. General principle No access
      2. One-Stop-Shop Principle No access
    2. 1. Dominance No access
      2. Substantive Test: SIEC No access
      3. Failing Company Defence No access
  2. 1. 1. Implementation of Concentration No access
      2. Failure to Notify No access
    2. 1. Suspension Principle No access
      2. Conditions and Obligations Attached to Permission No access
      3. Ancillary Restraints No access
    3. Prohibition of Concentrations No access
    4. Negative Clearance No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. Pre-Notification Contacts No access
    2. Preliminary Examination No access
    3. 1. Preliminary Inquiry No access
      2. Investigation No access
  3. 1. Information Request No access
    2. On-the-spot Inspections No access
    3. 1. Administrative Fines No access
      2. Periodic Penalty Payments No access
  4. 1. Validity of Concentrations No access
    2. Liability for Damages No access
1. 1. Public Enforcement vs. Private Enforcement No access
  2. 1. Cartel Regulation 1/2003 and Decentralization of the Enforcement of EU Competition Rules No access
    2. Commission No access
    3. National Competition Authorities No access
  3. 1. Competition Authority No access
    2. Competition Board No access
  4. 1. Competition Board – National Courts No access
    2. Commission – National Courts No access
2. 1. 1. 1. Phases of Investigation No access
      2. Request for Information No access
        On-the-Spot Inspections No access
    2. 1. Written Statements and Oral Hearings No access
      2. Introduction No access
        Termination of Infringement No access
        Administrative Fines and Penalty Payments No access
  2. 1. Introduction No access
    2. 1. Immunity from Fines No access
      2. Reduction of Fines No access
  3. 1. Jurisdiction No access
    2. Parties in Judicial Review No access
    3. Annulment Grounds No access
    4. Effects of Judicial Review on Decisions of Competition Authorities No access
3. 1. Invalidity and Unjust Enrichment No access
  2. Liability for Damages No access
Sixth Part: Concluding Remarks No access Pages 275 - 278
Annex No access Pages 279 - 279
Act on the protection of competition (Excerpts) No access Pages 279 - 292
Bibliography No access Pages 293 - 302