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The adaption of competition rules in new and future member states to European Union Law (V), Turkey, edited by Çiğdem Boga ; Peter Behrens

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The adaption of competition rules in new and future member states to European Union Law (V)

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edited by Çiğdem Boga ; Peter Behrens

ProQuest Ebook CentralSchriftenreihe des EUROPA-KOLLEGS HAMBURG zur Integrationsforschung, Band 72

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Cover; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; First Part: The Basis for Harmonizing Turkish and EU Competition Rules ; First Chapter: The History of Relations between the EU and Turkey ; A. Turkey's First Application to the European Union ; I. The Association Agreement and the Additional Protocol ; II. Customs Union ; B. Turkey's Second Application to the European Union ; I. Pre-Candidature Developments ; II. Turkey's European Union Candidacy ; 1. Copenhagen Criteria and Acquis Communitaire ; 2. NegotiationsC. Competition Rules Established Through the Relationship between the European Union and Turkey I. Obligation to Approximate Competition Legislation ; II. Specific Provisions on Competition Matters ; III. Legal Status of the Association Agreement and the Customs Union Decision ; 1. Legal Status ; 2. Direct Applicability ; Second Chapter: National Background ; A. The Development of Turkish Competition Law ; I. Competition Matters Prior to the Adoption of the Competition Act ; 1. Legislation Applied to Competition Matters ; 2. Draft Acts on Competition MattersII. Legal Basis of the Competition Act 1. Constitutional Requirements ; 2. Customs Union Decision ; III. The Legal Character of Competition Law ; B. The Structure of the Competition Act ; I. The Concept of Competition ; 1. Definition ; 2. The "More Economic Approach" Concept ; II. The Competition Act's Purpose and Scope of Application ; 1. The Purpose of the Competition Act ; 2. Scope of Application ; a) Territorial Application ; b) Personal Application ; III. Substantive Provisions ; 1. Prohibition of Cartels ; 2. Abuse of Dominant Position ; 3. Merger ControlIV. Institutions, Procedures and Sanctions 1. Institutions ; 2. Powers of the Institutions ; 3. Judicial Review by the Courts ; 4. Private Law Consequences of the Competition Rules ; a) Invalidity ; b) Liability for Damages ; Second Part: Prohibition of Cartels ; First Chapter: Scope of the Prohibition ; A. The principle of prohibition ; B. Addressees of the Prohibition ; I. Undertakings ; 1. Definition ; 2. Economic Activity ; 3. Economic Independence ; 4. State Owned Entities ; II. Association of Undertakings ; C. Types of Prohibited Conduct ; I. Agreements1. Concept of Agreement 2. Types of Agreements ; a) Horizontal Agreements ; b) Vertical Agreements ; 3. Agreements in Specific Conditions ; a) Unilateral Conduct ; b) Single Overall Agreement ; II. Decisions by Association of Undertakings ; 1. Concept of Decision ; 2. Anti-Competitive Practices of Associations of Undertakings ; III. Concerted Practices ; 1. Concept of Concerted Practice ; 2. Elements of Concerted Practice ; a) Existence of at Least Two Undertakings ; b) Parallel Behaviour ; c) Contact between Undertakings ; d) Restriction of Competition3. Circumstantial Evidence