European Competition Law Review

Issue: 23, 1

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Articles

• Reflections on Transparency in U.K. Merger Control Since August 2000, the U.K. Office of Fair Trading has published summaries of certain of the Director General of Fair Trading's advice to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the question of  1 - 3
  Lindsay, Alistair

News Section

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Articles

• Market Definition: How Stationarity Tests Can Improve Accuracy This article suggests an alternative to price correlation analysis for the assessment of market definition in competition cases. To assess whether the prices of two products move together,  4 - 6
  Wills, Hugh
• Article 81 (3) Discretion and Direct Effect In this paper the author considers the relationship between Article 81 (1) and 81 (3) E.C., arguing that the relationship is between allocative and productive efficiency. Also examined is whether no efficiency  17 - 25
  Odudu, Okeoghene
• When Will We See Cross-Border Bank Mergers? The article addresses the issue of why there are no mega-mergers within the European banking industry and points out that the absence of cross-border merger is an important factor leading to the continuous  11 - 16
  Wei, Xinjiang Dr

Analysis

• E.C. Vertical Restraints Guidelines: Effects-Based or Per Se Policy? - A Reply  38 - 41
  Peeperkorn, Luc

Articles

• Prohibition of Cartels in Turkey This study focuses on the implementation of Articles 4 and 5 of Act No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition which was enacted in the course of harmonising the Turkish legal system with that of the E.U. The objective of  26 - 34
  Yenisey, Kübra Dogan

Analysis

• E.C. Vertical Restraints Guidelines: Effects-Based or Per Se Policy?  35 - 38
  Bishop, Simon B.
  Ridyard, Derek

Articles

• Level Playing Field in Britain's Professions High on OFT and Government Agenda Competition in Britain's professions is high on both the OFT and government agenda. In March 2001, the Director General of Fair Trading released his findings on competition in  7 - 10
  Murphy, Gavin