englischThe “investment measure” pursuant to Sec. 23 ARegV is the core instrument for the expansion of the electricity and gas transmission networks in the context of the German energy transition. Its importance for implementing the energy transition cannot be overestimated. In this work, the author [...]

englischIn its ruling of March 28, 2019 the European Court of Justice held that the German Renewable Energy Act of 2012 did not constitute state aid (Art. 107 TFEU). In a detailed comparative analysis the author concludes that this decision is applicable to the German Combined Heat and Power Act as [...]

englischThe volume contains the speeches of the 48. Annual Energy Law Meeting of the Institute for Energy Law of the University of Cologne. It deals, in particular, with problems of tenders for distribution grids according to sec. 46 et seq. EnWG, and with the challenges of the integration of [...]

englischIn its 2017 judgements “CTL Logistics” the EJC declared an independent civil court review of the equity of charges for the use of railway infrastructure that are subject to regulation to be inadmissible. The volume analyses the consequences of this judgment for competition law. In [...]

englischThe volume „Innovation im Kartellrecht – Innovation des Kartellrechts“ deals with the challenges of merger control by the increasing importance of innovation competition based upon the cases Dow/DuPont und Bay-er/Monsanto and with the 10. Amendment 2020 to the German Act against Restrictions [...]

englischThe ministerial authorisation under Section 42 GWB has always been a controversial legal instrument, which permits an intended merger despite competitive restraints in exceptional cases. The underlying precondition requires these restraints to be offset by the macroeconomic advantages of the [...]

englischThe so-called company interests determine the directors’ duties within a corporation. There has been an ongoing discussion of this term in German company law for the last 100 years. Recently, it has been receiving new impetus through the ongoing development of corporate social responsibility [...]

englischIn 2017, the German legislator adopted a law that provides for the digitisation of the energy sector. The dissertation deals with legal issues raised by the provisions, especially those rules concerning the equipment of consumers with smart meters. Besides regulatory issues, the author [...]

englischHardly any matter of telecommunications regulation has attracted as much attention as vectoring. As a bridge technology, it promises to promote the urgently needed expansion of broadband networks in a fast and efficient way. However, this requires the exclusion of competing providers in [...]

englischThe volume „Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Fusionskontrolle zwischen Recht, Wirtschaft und Politik“ deals with the challenges of merger control in Germany and Europe in an increasingly globalised and digitalised world. It contains the speeches and protocols given at the conference (1. Kölner [...]