Greening EU Competition Law and Policy

Suzanne Kingston is a practising barrister and a lecturer in law at University College Dublin. She previously worked as a référendaire (legal secretary) at the European Court of Justice and practised competition law at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, Brussels.

• Introduction; Part I. Should Environmental Goals Play a Role in EU Competition Policy?: 1. Environmental protection in EU competition theory to date; 2. The rise of the market in EU environmental policy; 3. A legal systematic argument; 4. A governance argument; 5. An economic argument; Part II. The Role of Environmental Protection in EU Competition Policy in Practice: 6. Definition of an undertaking, market definition and effect on inter-state trade; 7. Article 101(1) TFEU; 8. Article 101(3) TFEU; 9. Article 102 TFEU; 10. Merger policy; 11. State action and Articles 101 and 102 TFEU; 12. State aid; Part III. Conclusions.

'… an important contribution … timely and should not be missed by anyone whether practitioner or academic working in the area of EU antitrust or State aid.' Common Market Law Review