EU competition law: overview

Resource type: Practice note: overview

Status: Maintained

Jurisdiction: European Union

The overview provides a route-map guide to the EU competition law regime. It outlines the key legal, procedural and practical aspects likely to be encountered when confronting a competition law problem. You should read this at the start of any transaction or specific research, to give you a broad overview of the main points that are likely to arise.

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Resource ID: 1-107-3698
Products: , Competition, IP&IT, PLC EU Competition Law, PLC UK Commercial, PLC UK Corporate, PLC UK Law Department, PLC UK Public Sector, PLC US Antitrust, PLC US Commercial, PLC US Law Department
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