Kluwer Competition Law is a fully searchable collection of primary source
material, commentary, and analysis for anyone with an interest in EU competition
law.
Searching and browsing is quick and simple, as the database has been organised into
the specific competition law topics of Antitrust, Mergers and State Aid.
Each topic consists of an Overview, Legislation and Notices, Commission and Court
Decisions and Analytical Materials, taken from KLI publications (journals, books and
looseleafs) and explaining the reasoning behind the decisions and their implications.
Liberalisation, the Internal Market, Services and Goods and Consumer Policy and
the Environment are included as special sectors. The database also includes 29 country
reports of National Legislation and of Analytical Materials, derived both from KLI
publications and the e-Competitions bulletin.
e-Competitions, published by the Institute of Competition Law, is a weekly
bulletin published in English on national competition laws and regulations and on
the implementation of EU competition law by member states. The service contains
over 1300 articles to date and includes contributors from major law firms and universities
throughout the EU who provide first-hand access to national decisions and court
judgments applying EC rules and delivering detailed analysis. e-Competitions
also covers the legislation of the Member States transposing EC Regulation 1/2003,
new provisions of competition laws as well as decisions applying national competition
laws to the extent that they are directly related to Article 81 or Article 82.
e-Competitions documents contain an English analysis plus a link to the original
language version of the decision or judgment. The copyright of e-Competitions
documents resides with the Institute of Competition Law; see www.concurrences.com for more information.
Subscribers can search and browse the entire database, but will only be able to
access the documents contained within their subscription.
Kluwer Law International is indebted to the following special advisers:
Ymke Hofhuis
Dr Ymke Hofhuis is a university lecturer in EU Law at the University of Amsterdam.
As well as editing the looseleafs, Competition Law in Western Europe and the USA
and the Amsterdam Financial Series, from Kluwer Law International, Ymke has also
published numerous articles on EU substantive law. Her dissertation on 'Minimum
harmonisation in European Law' was published in 2006.
José Rivas
José Rivas is one of today’s leading antitrust attorneys. Mr. Rivas is
a partner at Bird & Bird at its Brussels office. He has been practicing EC competition
law since 1986, representing several complainants and clients under investigations,
as well as handling numerous transactions before the EU Commission, national competition
authorities, and pleading more than 20 antitrust cases before the EU courts. His
expertise covers all areas of EU law, with particular specialization in EU competition
law (Articles 81 & 82, State Aid and Merger Control) and public procurement. His
sectoral expertise ranges from media, telecommunications, energy and biotech.
José is the editor of World Competition, Law and Economics Journal (Kluwer)
and a visiting Professor of Competition and State Aids Law at the College of Europe,
Natolin Campus (www.coleurop.be).
He is also a member of the Working Groups on Competition and State Aids Law of The Confederation of European Business (Business Europe).
Dr. Kees J. Kuilwijk
Dr. Kuilwijk, a partner in the Brussels office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, advises
companies and industry associations on all aspects of EC antitrust law, including
merger control.
Key recent experience includes representing a major airline in the Commission's
investigation into price-fixing in the air cargo sector, acting for a major software
trade association in the EU Microsoft Case, acting for a major financial institution
in several first stage enquiries under the EC Merger Regulation, and advising the
world's leading manufacturer of consumer goods on its European licensing and distribution
agreements.
Dr. Kuilwijk is a frequent speaker on antitrust in Europe and the US, and is the
author or co-author of several publications concerning antitrust law.
