This work contains the papers of the thirteenth Conference on “Antitrust between EU Law and national law”, held in Treviso on May 24 and 25, 2018 under the patronage of the European Lawyers Union – Union des Avocats Européens (UAE), the Associazione Italiana per la Tutela della Concorrenza - the Italian section of the Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence (LIDC)-, the Associazione Italiana Giuristi di Impresa (AIGI), the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA), and the Associazione Antitrust Italiana (AAI). Some of the papers have been extensively reviewed and updated by the authors prior to publication. The contributions contained in this volume are the result of an in-depth analysis and study of the most salient issues arising from the application of antitrust rules, carried out by experienced and high-ranking professionals, in-house lawyers, academics and EU/national and international institutional representatives who attended the Conference. They deal with extremely topical issues, lying at the heart of current antitrust debate. Some of the most contemporary topics include those related to private antitrust enforcement after the implementation of Directive 2014/104/EU, and to the interplay between antitrust and intellectual property rights. Ample consideration is also given to recent developments in the field of new technologies and the related antitrust issues, as well as to the relations between consumer protection and antitrust. * * * Questo volume contiene gli atti del XIII Convegno sul tema “Antitrust fra Diritto Nazionale e Diritto dell’Unione Europea”, tenutosi a Treviso il 24 e 25 maggio 2018 con il patrocinio dell’Unione degli Avvocati Europei (UAE), dell’Associazione Italiana per la Tutela della Concorrenza - sezione italiana della Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence (LIDC) -, dell’Associazione Italiana dei Giuristi di Impresa (AIGI), della European Company Lawyers Association (AEJE-ECLA) e dell’Associazione Antitrust Italiana (AAI). Alcuni contributi sono stati sostanzialmente rivisti ed aggiornati dagli autori prima della pubblicazione. Gli articoli contenuti nel presente volume sono il frutto del prezioso lavoro di studio e approfondimento delle più interessanti tematiche correlate all’applicazione del diritto antitrust, svolto da qualificati esponenti del mondo professionale, imprenditoriale, accademico ed istituzionale, intervenuti al Convegno. I contributi pubblicati affrontano temi di estrema rilevanza, che rappr sentano il cuore delle problematiche antitrust oggi maggiormente dibattute, tra le quali spiccano, per attualità, quelle connesse al private enforcement ed al risarcimento dei danni in seguito dell’attuazione della Direttiva 2014/104/UE, nonché alle interazioni tra diritto antitrust e diritti di proprietà intellettuale. Ampio spazio è inoltre dedicato alle tematiche concernenti le nuove tecnologie e la loro rilevanza dal punto di vista antitrust, nonché ai rapporti tra tutela del consumatore e diritto antitrust.

Questo volume contiene gli atti del IX Convegno sul tema “Antitrust fra Diritto Nazionale e Diritto dell’Unione Europea”, tenutosi a Treviso il 20 e 21 maggio 2010 con il patrocinio dell’Unione degli Avvocati Europei (UAE), dell’Associazione Italiana per la Tutela della Concorrenza - sezione italiana della Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence (LIDC) -, dell’Associazione Italiana dei Giuristi di Impresa (AIGI) e della European Company Lawyers Association (AEJE-ECLA). Alcuni contributi sono stati sostanzialmente rivisti ed aggiornati dagli autori prima della pubblicazione. Gli articoli contenuti nel presente volume sono il frutto del prezioso lavoro di studio e approfondimento delle più interessanti tematiche correlate all’applicazione del diritto antitrust, svolto da qualificati esponenti del mondo professionale, imprenditoriale, accademico ed istituzionale, intervenuti al Convegno. I contributi pubblicati affrontano temi di estrema rilevanza, tra i quali spiccano, per attualità, l’impatto della crisi economica globale sull’enforcement delle norme a tutela della concorrenza e il rapporto tra diritto antitrust e libere professioni. Ampio spazio è altresì riservato alla trattazione, in chiave pratica, di argomenti più generali, relativi all’efficacia dei principali strumenti di public enforcement, come i leniency programmes, gli impegni e la nuova procedura di transazione per i casi di cartelli, nonché ai più interessanti sviluppi in tema di private enforcement, con un focus particolare sull’azione di classe di recente introdotta nell’ordinamento italiano. This work contains the papers of the Ninth Conference on “Antitrust between EU Law and national law”, held in Treviso on May 20 and 21, 2010 under the patronage of the European Lawyers’ Union – Union des Avocats Européens (UAE), the Associazione Italiana per la Tutela della Concorrenza - the Italian section of the Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence (LIDC)-, the Associazione Italiana Giuristi di Impresa (AIGI), and the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA). Some of the papers have been extensively reviewed and updated by the authors prior to publication. Contributions contained in this volume are the result of an in-depth analysis of the most salient issues related to the enforcement of antitrust provisions, carried out by the experienced and high-ranking professionals, company lawyers, academics and officials who attended the Conference. Contributions deal with issues of topical importance such as the impact of the global economic crisis on the enforcement of competition rules and the relationship between antitrust and independent professions. Moreover, more general topics, such as the efficacy of the main public enforcement tools,(including leniency programmes, commitments and the settlement procedure), as well as the latest developments in private enforcement (with specific focus on class actions, recently introduced in the Italian legal system), are addressed from a practical perspective.

This work contains the papers of the Tenth Conference on “Antitrust between EU Law and national law”, held in Treviso on May 17 and 18 , 2012 under the patronage of the European Lawyers Union – Union des Avocats Européens (UAE), the Associazione Italiana per la Tutela della Concorrenza - the Italian section of the Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence (LIDC)-, the Associazione Italiana Giuristi di Impresa (AIGI), the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA), and the Associazione Antitrust Italiana (AAI). Some of the papers have been extensively reviewed and updated by the authors prior to publication. Contributions contained in this volume are the result of an in-depth analysis and study of the most salient issues arising from the application of antitrust rules, carried out by experienced and high-ranking professionals, company lawyers, academics and EU/national institutional representatives who attended the Conference. They deal with extremely topical issues, lying at the heart of current antitrust debate. Some of the most contemporary topics include those relative to the large-scale distribution sector and the control of concentrations at both national and European level. Ample consideration is also given to salient antitrust issues encountered in undertakings’ day-to-day business life, as well as to the future of antitrust in the global economy, also in the light of the new powers recently attributed to the Italian Antitrust Authority to challenge administrative acts. This volume also includes some precious insights on the assessment and quantification of damages in antitrust infringements, from both an economic and legal perspective, as well as reflections on the role of judges in the application of antitrust law, also following the principles set forth by the European Court of Human Rights in the well-known Menarini case.

In light of criticism in recent years of the European Community's competition law, Amsterdam lawyer Wesseling tries to clarify the current challenges to the policy by examining the origins of the competition law system. He begins by tracing the policy's development from the European Economic Community, established in 1958, and the European Union of today. Then he addresses the pertinent objectives, the institutional framework, the division of jurisdiction between the Community and the Member States, the decentralized enforcement of Community law, and other issues. His conclusions differ considerably from the Commission's recent white paper. Distributed in the US by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.

Papers contributed by representatives of EU and national antitrust authorities, judges and in-house legal counsels, professors, academics and experts in EU and national antitrust law, dealing with the most salient and topical antitrust issues.

Some of the papers were substantially reviewed and updated by their Authors just before publication. The contributions collected in this work dealt with the major and current issues involving antitrust matters including analysis of the latest developments in the enforcement of EC antitrust law in the post-modernisation era as well as the increasing importance of private enforcement, in particular in the light of the récent publication by the European Commission of its White Paper on Damages actions for breach of EC antitrust law. Considarable reflection was also given to specific topics such as the interference between antitrust law and consumer protection law, the abuse of dominant position - highlighting the importance of economic analysis in evaluating this category of antitrust breach - and the role of class actions in antitrust cases. This publication also contains contributions concerning compétition issues of specific sectors such as public procurement, aviation, energy, pharmaceuticals and télécommunications.