Since the entry into force of Regulation 1/2003 on May 1, 2004, the Commission has already launched four comprehensive sector inquiries on the basis of Article 17. Why have sector inquiries become so fashionable?
That the EC has a keen interest in understanding the pharmaceutical industry’s competitive dynamics is hardly exceptional. But the way in which the inquiry commenced has left many wondering why the need for such extreme measures.
The Commission’s sector-wide investigation moves competition law to the center of the generics debate and raises thorny issues on the relationship between the competition and IP rules.
When a major competition authority such as the European Commission launches an inquiry into a sector of the economy with no suggestion of specific wrongdoing, it raises a couple of intriguing points.
Schneider III has made real a possibility which was only theoretical before: that the Commission can be held responsible for damages caused by its wrongful decisions in competition.
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By: Luc Gyselen
February 14th, 2008
Since the entry into force of Regulation 1/2003 on May 1, 2004, the Commission has already launched four comprehensive sector inquiries on the basis of Article 17. Why have sector inquiries become so fashionable?
By: Susan Creighton & Scott Russell
February 14th, 2008
That the EC has a keen interest in understanding the pharmaceutical industry’s competitive dynamics is hardly exceptional. But the way in which the inquiry commenced has left many wondering why the need for such extreme measures.
By: David Hull
February 7th, 2008
The Commission’s sector-wide investigation moves competition law to the center of the generics debate and raises thorny issues on the relationship between the competition and IP rules.
By: Kent Bernard
February 6th, 2008
When a major competition authority such as the European Commission launches an inquiry into a sector of the economy with no suggestion of specific wrongdoing, it raises a couple of intriguing points.
By: Aitor Montesa Lloreda
February 5th, 2008
Schneider III has made real a possibility which was only theoretical before: that the Commission can be held responsible for damages caused by its wrongful decisions in competition.
This entry was posted on Sunday, February 17th, 2008 at 6:05 pm and is filed under Comments, Publications. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.