Competition law and voluntary agreements
The problem & case studies | Cooperatition | Competition law and voluntary agreements | Country profiles |Responsibility Deals
International research – and studies with global application
- Exceptions, exemptions and exclusions contained in members’ national competition legislation: Note by the secretariat – WTO – 2001
- Trade as an environmental policy tool – World Trade Organization Public Symposium – John Polak – 2003
- Better Regulation Task Force (2003) ‘Imaginative regulation’ – note pgs 41-46 (UK based but with international relevance)
- Better Regulation Task Force (2004) ‘Alternatives to regulation’ – note pg 4 (UK based but with international relevance)
- NGO-Business Collaborations and the Law: Sustainability, Limitations of Law, and the Changing Relationship between Companies and NGOs - Bastmeijer and Verschuuren - 2005
- Gehring, M, (2005) ‘Chapter 12: The ‘Singapore Issues’, Competition Law and Sustainable Development ‘ in ‘Sustainable development in World Trade Law’
- Developing a Commonwealth Model Law on Competition – Margaret Bruce – 2006 – note pg 454-5
- Environmental regulation and competition – OECD – 2006
- Model law on competition – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development – 2007 – note pgs 3-4 and pgs 21-33
- Strategies, Markets and Governance: Exploring Commercial and Regulatory Agendas – Boscheck – 2008 (book)
- ‘The competition impact of environmental product standards‘ (Frontier Economics report for the OFT, 2008)
- Integration of non-efficiency objectives in competition law – Ofer Green – 2008
- The economics of self-regulation in solving consumer quality issues (March 2009)
European Union
- Guidelines on the applicability of Article 81 of the EC Treaty to horizontal cooperation agreements – Commission notice – January 2001 (old policy)
- Guidelines on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty – Commission notice – April 2004 (old policy)
- Guidelines on horizontal cooperation agreements – Summary – March 2007 (relates to old EU guidance, but includes relevant comment at the end regarding Environmental agreements)
- Competition law and policy in the EC and UK - Rodger and MacCulloch – 2008 (book)
- Héritier, A. and Eckert, S., 2009. Self-Regulation by Associations: Collective Action Problems in European Environmental Regulation, Business and Politics: Vol. 11 : Iss. 1, Article 3
- Townley, C. (2009) Article 81 EC and Public Policy, Hart Publishing
- Kingston, S., 2010. Integrating Environmental Protection and EU Competition Law: Why Competition Isn’t Special, European Law Journal, Volume 16, Issue 6, November 2010, 780–805
- OFT (2010), ‘Article 101(3) – A discussion of narrow versus broad definition of benefits – Discussion note for OFT breakfast roundtable’ and Roundtable Discussion on Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Synopsis of Event Proceedings, 12 May 2010
- Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) to horizontal co-operation agreements – January 2011 (current policy)
Corporate Competition Law Compliance Policies/ Guidelines
- Agility Logistics – Competition Compliance Policy
- Costain Group Plc – Competition Laws Compliance Policy
- BBA Aviation – Competition Law Compliance Policy (2005)
Membership organisations’ Competition Law Guidance to Members
- Association of British Healthcare Industries – Code of Business Practice (2009)
- The Booksellers Association – Competition Law
- BIMCO Competition Law Policy
- Eucomed – Competition Law Compliance Guidelines
- European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries – Compliance Guidelines
- GS1 UK – Competition Policy
- The Inter-Alpha Group of Banks – Competition Law Guidelines
- International Chamber of Shipping Limited Competition Law Compliance Policy
- International Marine Contractors Association – Competition Compliance Guidelines
- The International Shipping Federation Ltd Competition Law Compliance Policy
- PE100+ Association – Competition Law Compliance Guidelines
- UK Home Care Association – Guidance to UKHCA members on UK Competition law issues
- UK Hydrogen Association Competition Law Compliance Programme
Examples of voluntary agreements
- Courtauld Commitment – aims to reduce the carbon impact of grocery packaging by 10%, UK household food and drink waste by 4% and traditional grocery product and packaging waste in the grocery supply chain by 5% (including both solid and liquid wastes) by 2012
- Federation House Commitment – aims to help reduce overall water usage across the Food and Drink industry by 20% by the year 2020
- Halving Waste to Landfill – aims to halve the amount of construction, demolition and excavation waste going to landfill by 2012
- Voluntary agreements made by the UK government since – The ENDS Report
Organisations