Professor Korah's short monographs on specific topics within EC competition law are well known and widely used. This work follows the pattern of her previous books on group exemptions for technology transfer and parallel imports. It examines the regulation on vertical agreements, starting with a chapter on the economic background, before developing, in a series of chapters, a careful analysis of vertical agreements and all of the relevant case law. A further chapter deals with agreements which do not come within the regulation, again paying careful attention to the case law.
Author(s): Valentine Korah, Denis O'Sullivan
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 425
Half Title Page......Page 1
Half Title verso......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Table of Cases......Page 16
Table of Legislation......Page 32
1.1 Business Considerations - Ways of Bringing Products to the Market......Page 39
1.2 Economic Considerations......Page 47
1.3 Buyer Power......Page 84
1.4 The Law May be on Broad Economic Principles or on Separate Codes for Each Category of Contract......Page 91
2.1 Introduction to Article 81......Page 95
2.2 Exclusive Distribution and Consten & Grundig......Page 97
2.3 Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights......Page 101
2.4 The Wide Application of Article 81 (1) by the Commission in the Early Years......Page 102
2.5 Invalidity of Contractual Provisions and Uncertainty......Page 109
2.6 The Commission's Former Views......Page 116
2.7 The Views of the ECI and CFI......Page 118
2.8 Case Law on Marketing Under Article 81 (1)......Page 123
2.9 Tying......Page 149
2.10 The Adoption of Successive Regulations Exempting Distribution Agreements and the Green Paper......Page 152
2.11 Retrospective Exemption - Regulation 1216/99......Page 156
2.12 The White Paper on Modernisation......Page 157
2.13 Few Vertical Agreements Infringe Article 81 (1)......Page 159
3.1 Introduction......Page 161
3.2 Status of Recitals and Guidelines......Page 162
3.4 Regulation 2790/99 - Article 2 Recitals 3-6, Guidlines 23-27......Page 167
4.1 Introduction......Page 205
4.2 Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) - Article 4 (A) and Guidlines 47 & 48......Page 211
4.3 Territorial and Customer Protection - Article 4(B) & Guidlines 49-51......Page 215
4.4 Selective Distribution - Article 4(C) & (D), Guidlines 53 and 54......Page 225
4.5 Components - Article 4 (E), Guidlines 56 & 95......Page 227
4.6 Conclusion on Article 4......Page 228
5.1 Introduction - Objections to Single Branding......Page 231
5.2 Obligations in Vertical Agreements that are not Exempt - Article 5, Recital 11, Guidlines 57-61......Page 246
6.1 Withdrawal of Exemption - Articles 6-8, Recitals 12-13, Guidlines 71, 77, 103-114, 142, 189, 198, 224......Page 253
6.2 Calculating Market Share and Turnover - Articles 9 and 10......Page 262
6.3 "Connected Undertakings"......Page 263
6.5 Entry into Force - Article 13......Page 264
7.1 Introduction......Page 265
7.2 Distribution Arrangements Which Fall Outside Regulation 2790/99......Page 266
7.3 General Options for Parties to Agreements Outside the Ber......Page 289
7.4 Self Assessment and the Guidlines on Vertical Restraints......Page 296
7.5 Notification......Page 309
7.6 Distribution of Motor Vehicles......Page 312
7.7 Beer Supply Agreements......Page 328
8. Conclusion on the Regulation and Guidelines......Page 331
8.2 Ceiling of Market Share......Page 332
8.4 List of Hardcore Restraints Inappropriate......Page 333
8.5 Withdrawal of Benefit by Regulation......Page 334
8.7 Conclusion......Page 335
Appendix I......Page 337
Appendix II......Page 349
Appendix III......Page 354
Appendix IV......Page 360
Appendix V......Page 363
Appendix VI......Page 445
Index......Page 451
