Competition and intervention in the EU

Christoph B. Künzle, Dr.iur.HSG e lic.oec.HSG: Estudou direito (lic.iur.HSG) e administração de empresas (lic.oec.HSG) na Universidade de St. Gallen (HSG), com especialização em auditoria e consultoria. Doutorado (Dr.iur.HSG) em 2004.

In the EU, Article 81 of the EC Treaty (EC Treaty) generally prohibits restrictive agreements ("cartels"). However, the EU Commission may exempt these agreements individually or in groups provided that certain conditions of a competitive nature are fulfilled. However, the Commission often does not only examine the fulfilment of these competitive conditions, but also bases its exemption decisions on further considerations (e.g. of an industrial policy nature). The dissertation closes a gap in the literature, as up to now there has been no broad-based examination of the practice of European competition policy in the light of industrial policy. The dissertation is divided into four parts: Part 1: Competition policy versus industrial policy; Part 2: Exemptions in the light of industrial policy; Part 3: Legal proof of competition policy practice; Part 4: Reforms in the light of industrial policy. This book has been translated with Artificial Intelligence.