Winter 2009, Volume 3, Number 1

In this issue: The Future of Vertical Restraints in the EU Stephen Kinsella, Hanne Melin, Mar 12, 2009 Who’s Afraid of the Internet? Time to Put Consumer Interests at the Heart of Competition The on-going review of the Vertical Restraints Regulation (“VRR”) has brought to the surface a conflict between traditional retail models where the […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Alan Riley, Mar 12, 2009 In the run up to the Commission’s reform of its vertical restraints legislation, the advisers of luxury brands and the online retailers are busily slugging it out. Arguments are traded on free riding and the scope of the […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Kornel Mahlstein, Mar 12, 2009 The internet expands the size of the market and gives consumers access to more providers and more choice—that is the EC Commission’s conclusion after having studied consumer experience and satisfaction with shopping online. Nevertheless, in recent times there […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Stephen Kinsella, Hanne Melin, Mar 12, 2009 The on-going review of the Vertical Restraints Regulation (“VRR”) has brought to the surface a conflict between traditional retail models where the consumer takes a back seat and modern ways of retailing where the consumer is […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Joost Haans, Paul Lugard, Mar 12, 2009 Block Exemption Regulation 2790/1999 (also referred to as the “BER”), the single most important legislative instrument in European antitrust law in the field of mainstream vertical restraints, has been in force for more than nine years. […]