Wolf Sauter

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law

Professor of law, markets and behavior

Netherlands

Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)

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  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law

  • Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)

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1.

Proportionality in EU Law: A Balancing Act?

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2013-003
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Jan 2013
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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EU law, European Court of Justice, judicial review, legal principles

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Services of General Economic Interest and Universal Service in EU Law

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2008-017, European Law Review, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2008
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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Competition law; EC law; Proportionality; Public interest; Public services; Single Market; State aid; Supply of services; Undertakings

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'State' and 'Market' in the Competition and Free Movement Case Law of the EU Courts

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2007-024
Number of pages: 204 Posted: 27 Aug 2007
Wolf Sauter, Wolf Sauter and Harm Schepel
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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European integration, EU law, European court of Justice, case law, economic constitution, economic law, Ordoliberalism, service public, free movement, antitrust, competition law, special and exclusive rights, services of general economic interest, state aid, public policy exceptions

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Cloud Computing in the EU Policy Sphere

Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and e-Commerce Law 3(1) 2012, TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2011-036
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2014
Jasper P. Sluijs, Pierre Larouche, Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Utrecht University School of Law, Université de Montréal and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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cloud computing, European Law, competition law, telecommunications law

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Harmonisation in Healthcare: The EU Patients’ Rights Directive

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2011-030
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Jun 2011
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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healthcare, EU, harmonisation, reimbursement, legislation, codification, patients' rights

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The History and Scope of EU Health Law and Policy

CCP Working Paper 16-02, TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2016-002
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Jan 2016
Mary Guy, Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Lancaster University - Law School and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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healthcare, public health, subsidiarity, European integration, governance

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The Criterion of Advantage in State Aid: Altmark and Services of General Economic Interest

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2014-015
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Apr 2014
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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EU law, state aid, European Court of Justice, advantage, healthcare, broadband

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A Dose of Competition: EU Antitrust Law in the Pharmaceuticals Sector

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2015-017
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2015
Leigh Hancher, Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Tilburg Law School and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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EU, competition law, antitrust, pharmaceuticals, dominance, parallel imports, judicial review, modernisation

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The Impact of EU Competition Law on National Healthcare Systems

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2012-032, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 12/2012
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Jan 2013
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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EU, competition law, state aid, internal market, healthcare, exceptions

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The Proposed Patient Mobility Directive and the Reform of Cross-Border Healthcare in the EU

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2008-034
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Oct 2008
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
Downloads 531 (113,999)
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patient mobility, patients' rights, cross-border healthcare, healthcare and EU law, case law, liberalisation, harmonisation, freedom to provide services, free movement of workers, freedom of establishment, social security regulation

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Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) and Universal Service Obligations (USO) as an EU Law Framework for Curative Health Care

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2007-029
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Sep 2007
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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services of general economic interest, services of general interest, social services of general interest, universal service, universal service obligation, universal access, competition, undertaking, market failure, health care liberalisation, state aid compensation, pre-emption, proportionality.

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The Commission’s New SGEI Package: The Rules for State Aid and the Compensation of Services of General Economic Interest

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2012-018
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Apr 2012
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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EU law, state aid, services of general economic interest, public service

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Excessive Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in EU Law: Balancing Competition, Innovation and Regulation

Botta, Monti and Parcu (eds), The Interaction of Competition Law and Sector Regulation: Emerging Trends at the National and EU Level (Edward Elgar, 2022)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Feb 2022
Ilan Akker, Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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pharmaceuticals, excessive pricing, competition law, antitrust, regulation, intellectual property rights

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Taking the Temperature: A Survey of the EU Law on Competition and State Aid in the Healthcare Sector

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2010-038, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 05/2011
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2011
Wolf Sauter, Wolf Sauter and Johan van de Gronden
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law and Radboud University Nijmegen
Downloads 381 (168,400)
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EU competition law, healthcare; healthcare and EU law, case law, Court of Justice, General Court, antitrust, merger control, state aid, services of general economic interest, SGEI, internal market

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Squaring EU Competition Law and Industrial Policy: The Case of Broadband

Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 017/2013, TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2013-021
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Oct 2013
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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EU competition law; industrial policy; broadband; state aid

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One Foot in the Grave or One Step Beyond? From Sodemare to DocMorris: The EU’s Freedom of Establishment Case Law Concerning healthcare

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2009-028
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2009
Leigh Hancher, Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Tilburg Law School and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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freedom of establishment, healthcare; healthcare and: EU law, case law, Court of Justice, internal market, liberalisation, harmonisation, self-regulation, free movement, freedom to provide services, freedom of establishment, proportionality

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Risk Equalisation in Health Insurance and the New Standard for Public Service Compensation in the Context of State Aid and Services of General Economic Interest Under EU Law

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2008-042
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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Risk equalisation, risk adjustment, healthcare, health insurance, state aid, services of general economic interest, Court of First Instance.

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Hospital Mergers and the Public Interest: Recent Developments in the Netherlands

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2009-035
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Sep 2009
M. F. M. Canoy, Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
University of tilburg and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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hospital mergers, healthcare liberalisation and: merger control, hospital market definition, hospitals and: vertical integration, efficiency defense, healthcare: and The Netherlands

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The Role of Competition Rules in the Context of Healthcare Reform in the Netherlands

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2010-004
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2010
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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healthcare, liberalisation, merger control, significant market power, state aid, market failure, regulation, competition policy and healthcare, sectoral competition policy

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State Aid and Selectivity in the Context of Emissions Trading: An Examination of the ECJ’S 2011 NOx Case (C-279/08)

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2012-007
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2012
Wolf Sauter, Wolf Sauter and Hans H. B. Vedder
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law and University of Groningen - Faculty of Law
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state aid, emissions trading, emission rights, dynamic cap, cap-and-trade

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Health Insurance and EU Law

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2011-034, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 021/2011
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Jul 2011
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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health insurance and, competition law, state aid, public procurement

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A Duty of Care to Prevent Online Exploitation of Consumers? Digital Dominance and Special Responsibility in EU Competition Law

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2019-002
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Mar 2019
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
Downloads 269 (244,800)
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dominance abuse; exploitation; discrimination, duty of care; digital dominance

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Containing Corporatism: EU Competition Law and Private Interest Government

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2015-001
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Jan 2015
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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EU competition law; antitrust; public interests; corporatism; European Court of Justice; case law

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This Won’t Hurt a Bit: The Commission’s Approach to Services of General Economic Interest and State Aid to Hospitals

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 21012-012
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Mar 2012
Leigh Hancher, Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Tilburg Law School and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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EU law, state aid, services of general economic interest, public service

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Towards Responsive EU Antitrust Enforcement Regarding Pharmaceuticals

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Dec 2021
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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antitrust, EU competition law, pharmaceuticals, excessive pricing, enforcement

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The Consistency Requirement in EU Internal Market Law: Last Refuge of the Unimaginative or Legal Standard for Rational Administration?

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2016-017
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 04 May 2021
Wolf Sauter, Wolf Sauter and Jurian Langer
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law and University of Amsterdam
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consistency; internal market; case law; court of justice; proportionality; rational administration; legal principle.

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The Balance between Competition Law and Regulation in Dutch Healthcare Markets

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2014-041
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 25 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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healthcare, competition, regulation, liberalisation

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Public Services and the Internal Market: Building Blocks or Persistent Irritant?

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2014-022
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jun 2014
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
Downloads 163 (394,697)
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public services, services of general economic interest; SGEI, competition, regulation, positive and negative integration, healthcare, electronic communications

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An Analysis of the General Consumer Interest as a Source of Regulatory Legitimacy in the Case of the Dutch Healthcare Authority

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2009-016
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 May 2009
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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healthcare regulation, healthcare liberalisation, economic regulation, deregulation, consumer interest, public interest, affordability, quality and accessibility, legitimacy, bounded rationality

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Corporate Accountability in EU Competition Law

P Delimatsis and G Monti (eds) , EU law and Regulatory Spaces (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Apr 2025
Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law
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corporate accountability, competition law, regulation, sustainability, pharmaceuticals, big tech

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Promoting Fair Private Governance in the Platform Economy: EU Competition and Contract Law Applied to Standard Terms

Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 2021, pp. 1-39.
Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2021
Jacobien W. Rutgers, Wolf Sauter and Wolf Sauter
VU University Amsterdam - Faculty of Law and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Faculty of Law

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competition law, contract law, platform economy, standard terms