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TY - JOUR
T1 - State intervention in pricing
T2 - an intersection of EU free movement and competition law
AU - Macculloch, Angus David
N1 - This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in European Law Review following peer review. The definitive published version E.L. Rev. 2017, 42 (2), 190-209 is available online on Westlaw UK or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service .
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - A number of EU Member States have chosen to use price control as a regulatory tool to alter the incentives for consumer or producer behaviour. This paper analyses the mechanisms through which EU law restricts a Member State’s ability to directly regulate prices through the antitrust prohibitions, market organisation Regulations, and the free movement prohibitions. It shows that the protection of price competition is central to all form of regulation and sets out that that the protection of price competition has become influential as a policy goal across EU law and is given special status within the internal market.
AB - A number of EU Member States have chosen to use price control as a regulatory tool to alter the incentives for consumer or producer behaviour. This paper analyses the mechanisms through which EU law restricts a Member State’s ability to directly regulate prices through the antitrust prohibitions, market organisation Regulations, and the free movement prohibitions. It shows that the protection of price competition is central to all form of regulation and sets out that that the protection of price competition has become influential as a policy goal across EU law and is given special status within the internal market.
KW - EU Law
KW - Competition Law
KW - Free Movement of Goods
KW - Minimum Pricing
KW - Alcohol Availability
KW - Alcohol Consumption
KW - Public Health
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 190
EP - 209
JO - European Law Review
JF - European Law Review
IS - 2
ER -