On Extraterritoriality and the Gazprom Case
37(6) European Competition Law Review 291
8 Pages Posted: 28 Jul 2015
Date Written: July 2015
Abstract
The European Commission's (EC) investigation of Gazprom's business practices in the EU raises a number of questions. This article comments on the issue of the EC's jurisdiction in transnational cases in general and in particular — in the context of the Gazprom case, in light of another contribution dealing with this matter. It also sheds some light on the considerations which might have informed Russia's legislative response to the EC's investigation.
Keywords: extraterritorial jurisdiction; extraterritoriality; effects doctrine; Gazprom; implementation test; blocking statute
JEL Classification: K20; L40; K33; Q49; L98; L52
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