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The Essential Facilities Doctrine in European Competition Policy: The Case of the Energy Sector

In: Competition, Contracts and Electricity Markets

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  • Adrien de Hauteclocque
  • Frédéric Marty
  • Julien Pillot

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This book fills a gap in the existing literature by dealing with several issues linked to long-term contracts and the efficiency of electricity markets. These include the impact of long-term contracts and vertical integration on effective competition, generation investment in risky markets, and the challenges for competition policy principles.

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  • Adrien de Hauteclocque & Frédéric Marty & Julien Pillot, 2011. "The Essential Facilities Doctrine in European Competition Policy: The Case of the Energy Sector," Chapters, in: Jean-Michel Glachant & Dominique Finon & Adrien de Hauteclocque (ed.), Competition, Contracts and Electricity Markets, chapter 11, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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