The European Competition Law Annual 2004 is ninth in a series of volumes following the annual workshops on EU Competition Law and Policy held at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence. This volume reproduces the materials of the roundtable debate that took place at the ninth workshop (June 11-12 2004), which examined the relationship between competition law and the regulation of liberal professions. The liberal professions and the rules governing their functioning have become of interest for EC competition law enforcement since the early nineties, making...

This is the tenth volume in the highly topical series based on the annual workshops on EU Competition Law and Policy held at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence. The volume reproduces materials of the roundtable debate, which examined the interaction between competition law and intellectual property law. The workshop participants - a group of senior representatives of the Commission and the national competition authorities of some EC Member States, renowned international academics, and expert legal practitioners - discussed the economic and legal issues...

This is the twelfth in a series on EU Competition Law and Policy produced by the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence. The volume reproduces the written contributions and transcripts in connection with a roundtable debate which examined the EU's enforcement policy as regards the abuse of a dominant position under Article 82 EC. The workshop participants included: senior enforcement officials and policy makers from the European Commission, from the national competition authorities of certain EU Member States and from the US Department of Justice and Federal...