CML Rev August 2008

Editorial Comments: Direct democracy and the European Union… is that a threat or a promise?

Articles: E. Barbier de la Serre and A.-L. Sibony, Expert evidence before the EC courts D. Gerard, Protectionist threats against cross-border mergers: Unexplored avenues to strengthen the effectiveness of Article 21 ECMR I. Lianos, Collusion in vertical relations under article 81 EC H. Kranenborg, access to documents and data protection in the European Union: On the public nature of personal data T. Sigeman, Industrial actions and EU economic freedoms: The autonomous collective bargaining model curtailed by the European Court of Justice C. MacMaoláin, Waiter! There’s a beetle in my soup. Yes sir, that’s E120: Disparities between actual individual behaviour and regulating food labelling for the average consumer in EU law O. Brouwer, J. Goyder, D. Mes, Developments in EC competition law in 2007: An overview

Case Law: A. Court of Justice Case C-432/04, Commission of the European Communities v. Édith Cresson, with annotation by R. Mastroianni and A. Arena Case C-431/05, Merck Genéricos - Produtos Farmacêuticos Lda v. Merck & Co. Inc. (M & Co.) and Merck Sharp & Dohme Lda (MSL), with annotation by R. Holdgaard Case C-503/03, Commission v. Spain, with annotation by E. Brouwer Case C-369/04, Hutchison 3G UK Ltd and Others v. Commissioners of Customs and Excise, and C-284/04, T-Mobile Austria GmbH and Others v. Republik Österreich, with annotation by O. Odudu