The paper discusses the recent judgement of the ECJ in the Pierre Fabre case (C-439/09). The European Court of Justice delivered an important judgement, ruling on the validity of restrictions to online trading

Comments on the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in Bertelsmann AG v Independent Music Publishers & Labels Association (Impala) (C-413/06 P), focusing on whether the same standard of proof applies in merger clearing decisions and in merger prohibition decisions under Regulation 139/2004...

The first part of a two part article on EC and UK case law on competition in bidding markets, examines EC case law. Discuss economic considerations, particularly auction types and models, the characteristics of ideal bidding markets (illustrated by a diagram) and the impact of collusion, entry...

The article overviews Hungarian case law on private enforcement of competition law, with a view on class actions. Group litigation has still a long way to go until it can exercise its full preventive force against infringers of competition rules in Hungary. As we will show in the article,...

The role of the efficiency defence in competition law, particularly in European Union competition law was always heavily debated since the adoption of the first merger regulation in the European Community, later the European Union. According to the current interpretation of the notion of...

This chapter discusses the landmark Hungarian case relating to the car insurance and repair markets, which involved both vertical and horizontal agreements. The case concerned the horizontal relationship between Hungary’s two largest insurance companies and their vertical relationships with...

A modern piacgazdaságokban empirikusan is bizonyított, hogy a versenyt erősítő reformok és intézmények jólét növekedéssel járnak. A világ államainak jelentős részében a verseny a gazdaság működésének alapvető eszköze, így az államoknak szükséges kialakítani egy...