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The Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe.
This inquiry describes, analyses and proposes reforms to competition law in fifteen European countries.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Common core of European private law.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors to the volume; Abbreviations (including legislation); General (including European and international law); Austria; Belgium; Denmark; England; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; USA; Introduction; Part I. Remedies in Unfair Competition and Consumer Protection Law; A. Setting the basics
- the legal framework; I. Approach of this comparative study; 1. The status quo of legal harmonization in unfair competition law.
- A) Lack of a 'European unfair competition law'b) Shortcomings in the enforcement against unfair advertisement; c) Creation of an internal market; d) Reactions to these shortcomings; e) Methodical requirements of comparative law and the European harmonization of law; f) Purpose and examined questions in this comparative law study; 2. The 'Network of Excellence' and the development of a 'Common Frame of Reference' for European contract law; 3. Structure and clarification of terms; a) Unfair competition law and remedies in other areas of law.
- B) Remedies in unfair competition law
- claims, parties, competent authorities for sanctionsc) Concept of Part I of this book; d) Legal orders and legal groups (Rechtskreise); e) Language in Europe
- a legal lingua franca; II. The legal background in the different Member States in unfair competition law; 1. Back to the roots
- international law; a) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property; b) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Rights (TRIPS); 2. The law of the member states; a) Austria; b) Denmark; c) England; d) Finland; e) France; f) Germany; g) Greece; h) Hungary.
- I) Irelandj) Italy; k) Netherlands; l) Poland; m) Portugal; n) Spain; o) Sweden; 3. First assessment; a) The law of unfair competition as an independent area of law; b) Fragmentation of the substantive provisions; c) Different remedies; III. The European context of unfair competition law; 1. European primary law; a) General foundations in European primary law; b) The scope and restrictions of the basic freedoms; 2. Harmonization by secondary European law; a) Foundations and concepts of harmonization; b) Directives and regulations regulating the law of unfair competition.
- C) Proposal for amendments3. The enforcement of European law; a) Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive 84/450/EEC; b) Injunction directive 98/27/EC; c) Recommendations on the out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes 98/257/EC and 2001/310/EC; d) Directive 2005/29/EC concerning unfair commercial practices; e) Proposal for a regulation concerning sales promotions; f) Proposal for a European directive
- the German perspective; g) Regulation (EC) No. 2006/2004 on consumer protection cooperation; 4. Assessment; a) Status quo of harmonization; b) Defects.
- IV Enforcement and sanctions under US
- American unfair competition law.