Competition law Blog

Official Blog of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe)

The CoRe Blog is the interactive online platform for up-to-date analysis of EU competition law developments. It’s the blog companion of the quarterly double-blind peer-reviewed European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe). The CoRe Blog fills in the gaps that a quarterly can’t address: immediate updates and analysis of breaking news in EU competition.

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CoRe Issue 1/2019 is out now!

Issue 1/2019 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) is now available! It offers the classic ‘CoRe mix’ of competition and regulatory topics like: the incentives, mechanisms and stability of hub and spoke cartels, the challenges for the operators of the EU regulatory framework on mobile roaming charges, and the implementation of the EU energy and competition law […]

Now available Issue 4/2018 – The Diverse World of EU Competition Law

The diversity of topics in the final edition of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) for 2018 is representative of the wide-ranging issues in the world of EU competition law over the past year. In CoRe 4/2018 you can find articles on: the SSNIP Test and Zero-Pricing where Daniel Mandrescu examines the complexities of defining the relevant market in (future) cases involving online […]

Now available – Issue 3/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe)!

The Online World and Its Challenges to Competition and Regulatory Frameworks is the focus of the new issue 3/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe). This special issue, developed together with the European University Institute (EUI), offers insightful articles on topics such as: the paradox of discretionary competition law, updating the ECN for the challenges of the online world, and […]

CoRe Conference on 24 October in Brussels

Competition Law and Policy in Digital Markets – Conference on 24 October in Brussels Discuss crucial developments of competition policy in the digital economy – the Google Android case, e-commerce and vertical restraints, algorithms and big data as well as the nexus between data protection and competition law. Keynote speakers are William E. Kovacic & Jacques Steenbergen. More information on […]

Now available – Issue 2/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe)!

Scope of Antitrust and Assessment of the EU Regulatory Framework In the articles section of our new issue CoRe 2/2018 you will find a comparative analysis of the scope of antitrust law in South Korea, EU and US, a comprehensive assessment of the EU regulatory framework for access to the postal network and a critical view of the EU’s approach […]

Latest Issue of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review is out now!

Digital Economy and EU Competition Rules The CoRe Editorial Team is delighted to announce that issue 1/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) is out now. The digital economy and its interplay with EU competition rules take centre stage in the Articles section of this edition. Read more about: the 2017 Facebook investigations in the EU by competition, […]

Announcement of Winner of CoRe Blog Competition

The CoRe Blog Team Congratulates Alexandru Sotropa To mark the occasion of our CoRe Blog Launch in March, we ran a social media competition offering the price of a special subscription to the quarterly journal CoRe – European Competition and Regulatory Law Review worth €205. We are delighted to announce the winner today: Alexandru Sotropa. Enjoy reading your free copies […]

Vestager Picks CoRe Board Member for Special Adviser

Prof Heike Schweitzer Will Advise Commissioner on Future Challenges of Digitisation for Competition The European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager gets top reinforcement in exploring how digitalisation is affecting the European market and how competition policy should respond to it. Last week she announced the appointment of the three Special Advisors – exceptional European experts in law, economics and technology […]

DICE Director Justus Haucap: “Consumers Paying with Data” Is a Bad Analogy

Interview at the Sidelines of CoRe’s Competition Law Conference ‘Does Competition Law Need an Update for Online Markets?’ In November 2017, the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe), together with the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) hosted the competition law conference ‘Does Competition Law Need an Update for Online Markets? – Hot […]
Anja Naumann

Blog Editor

LL.M., PhD, currently legal trainee at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin.

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Daniel Mandrescu
Blog editor Assistant Professor EU competition law, Europa Institute, Leiden University >> Daniel's CoRe blog posts >>
Friso Bostoen

Blog Editor

Assistant Professor of Competition Law and Digital Regulation, Tilburg University

Friso Bostoen is an assistant professor of competition law and digital regulation at Tilburg University. Previously, he was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. He holds degrees from KU Leuven (PhD, LLM) and Harvard University (LLM). Friso’s research focuses on antitrust enforcement in digital markets. His work has resulted in numerous international publications, presentations, and awards (including the AdC Competition Policy Award 2019 and the Concurrences PhD Award 2022). In addition, Friso edits the CoRe Blog and hosts the Monopoly Attack podcast.

>> Friso’s CoRe Blog posts >>

Nelly Stratieva

Head of Editorial Department and Data Protection Officer

Responsible for EStAL (European State Aid Law Quarterly), EPPPL (European Public Private Partnership Law Review) and CoRe (European Competition and Regulatory Law Review). Overseeing Lexxion Publisher’s privacy and data protection compliance.

Parsa Tonkaboni
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Rita Paukste

Former Blog Editor

Senior Associate, Motieka & Audzevicius PLP, Vilnius

>> Rita’s CoRe Blog posts >>

CoRe Issue 1/2019 is out now!

Issue 1/2019 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) is now available! It offers the classic ‘CoRe mix’ of competition and regulatory topics like: the incentives, mechanisms and stability of hub and spoke cartels, the challenges for the operators of the EU regulatory framework on mobile roaming charges, and the implementation of the EU energy and competition law […]

Now available Issue 4/2018 – The Diverse World of EU Competition Law

The diversity of topics in the final edition of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) for 2018 is representative of the wide-ranging issues in the world of EU competition law over the past year. In CoRe 4/2018 you can find articles on: the SSNIP Test and Zero-Pricing where Daniel Mandrescu examines the complexities of defining the relevant market in (future) cases involving online […]

Now available – Issue 3/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe)!

The Online World and Its Challenges to Competition and Regulatory Frameworks is the focus of the new issue 3/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe). This special issue, developed together with the European University Institute (EUI), offers insightful articles on topics such as: the paradox of discretionary competition law, updating the ECN for the challenges of the online world, and […]

CoRe Conference on 24 October in Brussels

Competition Law and Policy in Digital Markets – Conference on 24 October in Brussels Discuss crucial developments of competition policy in the digital economy – the Google Android case, e-commerce and vertical restraints, algorithms and big data as well as the nexus between data protection and competition law. Keynote speakers are William E. Kovacic & Jacques Steenbergen. More information on […]

Now available – Issue 2/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe)!

Scope of Antitrust and Assessment of the EU Regulatory Framework In the articles section of our new issue CoRe 2/2018 you will find a comparative analysis of the scope of antitrust law in South Korea, EU and US, a comprehensive assessment of the EU regulatory framework for access to the postal network and a critical view of the EU’s approach […]

Latest Issue of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review is out now!

Digital Economy and EU Competition Rules The CoRe Editorial Team is delighted to announce that issue 1/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) is out now. The digital economy and its interplay with EU competition rules take centre stage in the Articles section of this edition. Read more about: the 2017 Facebook investigations in the EU by competition, […]

Announcement of Winner of CoRe Blog Competition

The CoRe Blog Team Congratulates Alexandru Sotropa To mark the occasion of our CoRe Blog Launch in March, we ran a social media competition offering the price of a special subscription to the quarterly journal CoRe – European Competition and Regulatory Law Review worth €205. We are delighted to announce the winner today: Alexandru Sotropa. Enjoy reading your free copies […]

Vestager Picks CoRe Board Member for Special Adviser

Prof Heike Schweitzer Will Advise Commissioner on Future Challenges of Digitisation for Competition The European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager gets top reinforcement in exploring how digitalisation is affecting the European market and how competition policy should respond to it. Last week she announced the appointment of the three Special Advisors – exceptional European experts in law, economics and technology […]

DICE Director Justus Haucap: “Consumers Paying with Data” Is a Bad Analogy

Interview at the Sidelines of CoRe’s Competition Law Conference ‘Does Competition Law Need an Update for Online Markets?’ In November 2017, the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe), together with the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) hosted the competition law conference ‘Does Competition Law Need an Update for Online Markets? – Hot […]

CoRe Issue 1/2019 is out now!

Issue 1/2019 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) is now available! It offers the classic ‘CoRe mix’ of competition and regulatory topics like: the incentives, mechanisms and stability of hub and spoke cartels, the challenges for the operators of the EU regulatory framework on mobile roaming charges, and the implementation of the EU energy and competition law […]

Now available Issue 4/2018 – The Diverse World of EU Competition Law

The diversity of topics in the final edition of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) for 2018 is representative of the wide-ranging issues in the world of EU competition law over the past year. In CoRe 4/2018 you can find articles on: the SSNIP Test and Zero-Pricing where Daniel Mandrescu examines the complexities of defining the relevant market in (future) cases involving online […]

Now available – Issue 3/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe)!

The Online World and Its Challenges to Competition and Regulatory Frameworks is the focus of the new issue 3/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe). This special issue, developed together with the European University Institute (EUI), offers insightful articles on topics such as: the paradox of discretionary competition law, updating the ECN for the challenges of the online world, and […]

CoRe Conference on 24 October in Brussels

Competition Law and Policy in Digital Markets – Conference on 24 October in Brussels Discuss crucial developments of competition policy in the digital economy – the Google Android case, e-commerce and vertical restraints, algorithms and big data as well as the nexus between data protection and competition law. Keynote speakers are William E. Kovacic & Jacques Steenbergen. More information on […]

Now available – Issue 2/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe)!

Scope of Antitrust and Assessment of the EU Regulatory Framework In the articles section of our new issue CoRe 2/2018 you will find a comparative analysis of the scope of antitrust law in South Korea, EU and US, a comprehensive assessment of the EU regulatory framework for access to the postal network and a critical view of the EU’s approach […]

Latest Issue of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review is out now!

Digital Economy and EU Competition Rules The CoRe Editorial Team is delighted to announce that issue 1/2018 of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) is out now. The digital economy and its interplay with EU competition rules take centre stage in the Articles section of this edition. Read more about: the 2017 Facebook investigations in the EU by competition, […]

Announcement of Winner of CoRe Blog Competition

The CoRe Blog Team Congratulates Alexandru Sotropa To mark the occasion of our CoRe Blog Launch in March, we ran a social media competition offering the price of a special subscription to the quarterly journal CoRe – European Competition and Regulatory Law Review worth €205. We are delighted to announce the winner today: Alexandru Sotropa. Enjoy reading your free copies […]

Vestager Picks CoRe Board Member for Special Adviser

Prof Heike Schweitzer Will Advise Commissioner on Future Challenges of Digitisation for Competition The European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager gets top reinforcement in exploring how digitalisation is affecting the European market and how competition policy should respond to it. Last week she announced the appointment of the three Special Advisors – exceptional European experts in law, economics and technology […]

DICE Director Justus Haucap: “Consumers Paying with Data” Is a Bad Analogy

Interview at the Sidelines of CoRe’s Competition Law Conference ‘Does Competition Law Need an Update for Online Markets?’ In November 2017, the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe), together with the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) hosted the competition law conference ‘Does Competition Law Need an Update for Online Markets? – Hot […]

How to Submit a Blog Post

Do you want to share your analysis of a competition law topic? We invite you to submit your post on, for example: recent European, national or international judgments or legislation with relevance to EU competition law; new developments, publications, hot topics in EU competition law. The recommended length of the post is 500-2,000 words incl. references (endnotes). Your analysis will be published under the category ‘Guest Blog’.

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Step 1: Submit your draft.

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Step 3: Once your draft has been finalised and accepted, we will publish your post.

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