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European Community Competition Law And National Competition Laws, Joachim Zekoll
European Community Competition Law And National Competition Laws, Joachim Zekoll
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article examines conflicts between the European Community (EC or Community) competition rules and the corresponding laws of the Federal Republic of Germany in three case categories. Professor Zekoll first discusses situations in which corporate practices or agreements violate EC law, but are considered legal under German law. He then analyzes frictions that may arise when both EC and German laws are violated. In both of these case categories, Community law prevails over conflicting solutions under German law. However, considerable doubt exists about the primacy of Community law with respect to the third category involving practices that violate German law, …