| The worldwide industrialisation of the 19th century and the 'cartelisation' of the European economy | p. 3 |
| The dissolution of the worldwide steel cartel and the establishment of the ECSC system | p. 19 |
| The EEC and the birth of European competition law | p. 23 |
| The antitrust powers of the EC treaty and the concept of antitrust law | p. 33 |
| The goals of European antitrust law | p. 37 |
| The characteristics of articles 81 and 82 EC | p. 45 |
| The scope of articles 81 and 82 EC | p. 49 |
| The drafting of article 81 EC | p. 65 |
| The implementation of article 81 EC | p. 70 |
| The content of article 81 EC | p. 75 |
| Article 81 EC and horizontal agreements | p. 94 |
| Article 81 EC and vertical agreements | p. 99 |
| The drafting of article 82 EC | p. 111 |
| The implementation of article 82 EC | p. 112 |
| The content of article 82 EC | p. 113 |
| Article 82 EC and exclusionary abuses | p. 125 |
| Article 82 EC and exploitative abuses | p. 147 |
| Article 82 EC and discriminatory abuses | p. 152 |
| The combined effect of articles 10 and 81 EC | p. 157 |
| The combined effect of articles 82 and 86(I) EC | p. 162 |
| The binding nature of unlawful national measures and the antitrust liability of private persons and the member states | p. 165 |
| European antitrust powers and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality | p. 171 |
| Principles to resolve the conflict between European antitrust law and national laws under the EC treaty and regulation 1/03 | p. 176 |
| The commission | p. 199 |
| National antitrust authorities | p. 200 |
| Antitrust federalism | p. 202 |
| National courts | p. 205 |
| The commission : powers, decisions and penalties | p. 209 |
| National antitrust authorities : powers, decisions and penalties | p. 211 |
| Mechanisms allowing cooperation between the commission and national antitrust authorities | p. 213 |
| Mechanisms allowing the commission and national antitrust authorities to control each other | p. 214 |
| Judicial enforcement of antitrust law | p. 215 |
| The evolution of the policy of decentralising antitrust law | p. 219 |
| The commission : decisions, powers of investigation and penalties | p. 231 |
| National antitrust authorities : decisions, powers of investigation and penalties | p. 260 |
| Mechanisms allowing cooperation between the commission and national antitrust authorities : vertical and horizontal cooperation | p. 274 |
| Control mechanisms allowing the commission and national antitrust authorities to control each other : vertical descending, peer and vertical ascending control | p. 294 |
| Judicial enforcement of antitrust law | p. 310 |
| Mechanisms allowing cooperation between the commission and the national courts | p. 328 |
| Mechanisms allowing the commission and national antitrust authorities to monitor the decisions of the national courts | p. 335 |
| The role of merger control in the EC treaty | p. 343 |
| Competence in the field of merger control in the EC treaty | p. 346 |
| Basic concepts of European merger control : the concept of merger, merger subject to notification and prohibited merger | p. 347 |
| Allocation of European merger control powers as between the community and the member states | p. 353 |
| The commission : powers, proceedings assessing the merger and penalties | p. 357 |
| National antitrust authorities : powers | p. 374 |
| Mechanisms allowing cooperation between the commission and national antitrust authorities | p. 375 |
| Mechanisms allowing the commission and national antitrust authorities to control each other | p. 382 |
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