E-commerce and EU VAT

theory and practice

E-commerce and EU VAT focusses on the e-commerce rules being introduced by the European Union (EU) Member States and similar rules that have been introduced in major non-EU jurisdictions – Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The new EU rules governing the online ...

Competition Law of the European Union

Competition Law of the European Union provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU competition rules as developed primarily by the Commission, the General Court and the Court of Justice. The new Sixth Edition of a major work by the well-known competition law team at Van ...

Competition Law of the European Community

This new Fifth Edition of a major work by the well-known competition law team at Van Bael & Bellis brings the book completely up to date to take account of the great number of significant new cases that have been decided since the Fourth Edition in 2004 as well as many other developments. The authors have also taken the opportunity to write much extended chapters on procedure as well as on state involvement in competition. As one would expect, the new edition continues to meet the challenge for businesses and their counsel, providing a thoroughly practical guide to the application of EC competition rules across all market sectors. The critical commentary cuts through the theoretical underpinnings of EC competition law to expose its actual impact on business. Recent years have first and foremost been a time for gaining experience in the application of the procedural and substantive rules which underwent such fundamental changes in the early years of the decade. In this edition, the authors examine all the important cases from this key period of competition law enforcement, and such notable recent developments as the following: ever-increasing fines under the Commission's revised fining guidelines; new risks for companies on appeal; the Commission's revised leniency programme; the Commission's new formal cartel settlement procedure; important Article 82 rulings concerning pricing, tying ...

Harmonizing european Copyright Law

the challenges of better lawmaking

Aut. Mireille van Eechoud...[et al]. Nobody likes today's copyright law. Widespread unauthorized use of copyright material proliferates with impunity, while citizens and users protest that intrusive copyright and related rights law stifle cultural expression. Equipment manufacturers and intermediaries complain about yet more 'security ...

Modernization of european company Law and corporate governance

some considerations on its legal limits

What are the legal limits of the European Community's competence in the matter of company law? As many company law instruments have already emerged as a result of the European Commission's Action Plan to Modernize Company Law of May 2003 and various new ...

Guide to EU Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law

Ed. Dally Shorthose. In the European Union and its Member States, as elsewhere, the marketing of pharmaceuticals has become subject to an increasingly complex web of legislation and regulation, resulting from the intense scrutiny of the urgent and essential role such products play in human ...

The Civil Code of the Netherlands

Lawyers, businessmen and private individuals interested in research or study into the Dutch civil law will find this English translation of the Dutch Civil Code immensely valuable. Now available for the first time in one volume, this English translation of the whole of the Dutch ...

Enlargement of the European Union

The development of EU enlargement has raised many thorny issues unanticipated by the framers of the EC Treaty. A significant upshot of these issues is that the concept of European identity - defined in terms of such factors as culture, history and economics - has supplanted the ...

EU dumping determinations and WTO law

The application of the antidumping instrument by WTO members is often controversial because of the protectionist character of these measures where inefficient industries are protected from foreign competition. The legal framework within the WTO has loopholes that leave wide discretion to the investigating authorities to ...

Environmental crime

Law, policy, prosecution

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Kathleen F. Brickley offers a unique perspective on the intersection of environmental law and criminal law. Suitable for courses or seminars on environmental law, white collar crime, federal criminal law, advanced criminal law, or public policy, the materials and discussion in ...

Litigation in the Netherlands

civil procedure, arbitration and administrative litigation

This book offers the ideal way for a foreign lawyer to get in touch with litigation practice and procedure in the Netherlands. Whether a lawyer comes to Dutch litigation in the normal course of business, or whether the brief and inexpensive kort geding (preliminary relief ...

American civil procedure

a guiide to covil adjudication in US Courts

This convenient description of civil procedure in the federal and state courts of the United States will be greatly welcomed by lawyers and legal scholars everywhere. While concise and compact, the book covers every important feature of these legal systems, drawing on the expertise and ...

Arbitrability

international and comparative perspectives

Eds. Loukas A. Mistelis, Stavros L. Brekoulakis. It often seems today that no dispute is barred from resolution by arbitration. Even the fundamental question of whether a dispute falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of a judicial body may itself be arbitrable. Arbitrability is thus an ...

Law of international contracting

The second edition of this well-known survey of the legal aspects of international business contracting has been needed for some time. Over the course of the last decade, a plethora of new concepts and procedures (many catalyzed by growth in the use of information technology ...

Towards a sustainable european company Law

a normative analysis of the objetives of EU Law, with the takeover directive as a test case

No one doubts any longer that sustainable development is a normative imperative. Yet there is unmistakably a great reluctance to acknowledge any legal basis upon which companies are obliged to forgo A shareholder value A

European economic Law

Given the enormous changes clearly evident in the history of the last twelve years, it is not surprising that this second edition of a well- known book - first published in 1996 as EC Commercial Law - is completely new, from its structure and content to its ...

The Right to damages in European Law

All legal systems provide for a form of action for non-contractual liability. This is the first book to present an in-depth discussion of the right of individuals to receive damages in European law. Analyzing relevant ECJ cases, the authors detail the substantive and procedural criteria ...

Reverse discrimination in EC Law

The spectre of reverse discrimination arises when it can be shown that a group is treated more favourably than another group that is normally favoured, as a consequence of positive action measures. Until recently, EC jurisprudence has consistently rejected allegations that reverse discrimination emerging in ...

Cross-border enforcement of claims in the EU

history, present time and future

In the legal areas of contractual claims and tax claims, various requirements exist in European Community law and in applicable conventions for the recognition and enforceability of foreign titles of execution, judgements and decisions. Besides the requirement that a foreign title of execution should fall ...

Legal systems and wind energy

a comparative perspective

Eds. Helle Tegner Anker, Birgitte Egelund Olsen, Anita Ronne. Wind energy as a renewable energy source attracts considerable interest in the climate change debate. The development of wind energy, however, faces a number of legal or regulatory challenges. This book provides an insight into the ...