This book provides a new framework for legal problems concerning the economic order of the European Union. The author discusses recent developments in the politics and economics of European integration and offers a detailed overview of Community industrial, competition, and telecommunications policy.
This book provides a new framework for legal problems concerning the economic order of the European Union. The author discusses recent developments in...
This work gives an overview of the impact of EU competition rules and internal market law on healthcare systems in Europe. Alongside a thorough discussion of healthcare provision and the medical professions, the book covers health insurance, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. There is an examination of the impact of the four freedoms, the cartel and abuse of dominance prohibitions and merger control, as well as the rules on state aid and public procurement. The book also considers horizontal measures as they affect healthcare. Written by experts, this is an ideal tool for those...
This work gives an overview of the impact of EU competition rules and internal market law on healthcare systems in Europe. Alongside a thorough discus...
EU competition law plays a central role in the process of European integration both as a multifaceted tool for creating and policing the internal market as well as in organising national markets. Yet as a consequence of this role it is also subject to increasingly complex demands, a proliferation of (sectoral) regimes, and multiple objectives at both an EU and national level. This profligacy entails risks of fragmentation and divergence - which could jeopardise the proper functioning of the internal market. In this examination of EU competition law, Wolf Sauter discusses three main issues:...
EU competition law plays a central role in the process of European integration both as a multifaceted tool for creating and policing the internal mark...
In the EU public services, utilities and welfare services can be seen as both building blocks for the internal market and as a persistent irritant in the integration process. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the EU law on public services within the context of European integration. It brings together important analysis of the primary Treaty law, mainly on the internal market and competition, and of the secondary legislation at EU level, including different sector specific regimes. Particular attention is given to case law of the EU courts. This will be essential reading for those...
In the EU public services, utilities and welfare services can be seen as both building blocks for the internal market and as a persistent irritant in ...