ZWeR 2015, 342
European Union competition law in the digital era
What is the role of European competition policy in the digital economy? Even if it cannot deal with all perceived issues in digital markets, competition law enforcement is the appropriate tool to remedy distortions to competition caused by market power, without the introduction of pervasive ex-ante sector-specific regulation being required. Whilst some of the proposals for reform of the European competition law legal framework recently brought forward may have some merit in principle, the current regime appears to be suitable and sufficiently flexible to allow the Commission to intervene effectively and remedy competitive distortions in digital markets.
Contents
- I. Introduction
- II. Features of digital markets
- III. Should competition authorities intervene at all in digital markets?
- IV. Is competition law the best tool to intervene in digital markets? Would sector-specific ex-ante regulation be a better solution?
- V. Is there a need to improve the current legal framework of European competition rules to face the “challenges” of digital markets?
- 1. Substance
- 2. Procedure and jurisdiction
- 2.1 Merger control
- 2.2 Antitrust
- VI. Conclusions
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- *)The author is a case handler at Unit C.3 – Antitrust: IT, Internet and Consumer electronics at Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission.
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