Ep 30: Non-Competition Interests in EU Competition law

In this episode, Dr. Or Brook, Associate Professor of Competition law and policy at the University of Leeds discuss with Aditya Trivedi about the Non-Competition Interests in EU Competition law. They discuss the recent publication of Dr. Brook ‘Non-Competition Interests in EU Antitrust Law: An Empirical Study of Article 101 TFEU’ published by Cambridge University Press. Points of discussion included general balancing framework and broad categories of various balancing tools under Art 101 TFEU; modernisation of EU competition law enforcement and Regulation (EC) No. 1/2003 and impact on Non-Competition Interests; remarkable changes in the Commission's approach; implicit procedural tools in which enforcers refused to apply Art 101 TFEU to promote non-competition interests; and possible effects and implications of national balancing tools.