Publications
List of publications
Books
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Concentraties en samenwerkingsverbanden in de EG; een beoordeling vanuit het mededingingsrecht,
Kluwer 1990 (345 pp.), auteur.
The application of Articles 85 and 86 of the EC Treaty by national Courts in the Member States (429 pp); co-author and editor.
ISBN 92-828-0901-3. Catalogue number CV-06-97-812-EN-C
In 1997, the book has been published by the EU Commission in all the official languages of the European Union. It is available on the internet in 8 languages.
EU Law and Global Shipping Alliances; some reflections (60 pp)
Available at the Library of the European Maritime Law Organisation.
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Publications in books
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Agentuur, Wederverkoop en Licentie, in Samsonbundel: Expansie over de grenzen (1982).
Doorwerking van het Europese Recht in de Nationale Rechtsorde, Vermande 1986.
Merger control in the EEC, Kluwer 1988.
An enquiry into the enforcement of Community Competition Rules in the Netherlands, written evidence submitted to the European Communities Committee (Sub-Committee E), House of Lords, in Enforcement of Community Competition Rules, Report with Evidence, december 1993.
Recent Developments in EC Competition Law, in European Business Law, A Review for Corporate Legal Advisers, 1991, blz. 81-87.
De Nederlandse notaris en het Europa van “1992”, Vermande 1989.
CompetitionAspects of International Joint Ventures, in EC Merger Control (Annual Review), Legal Studies Publishing Ltd., 1993, blz. 157-170.
Das völkerrechtliche Verhältnis des EWGV zu älteren Verträge aus Sicht der EG, in Probleme des Binnenschiffahrtsrechts VII; Vorträge der Siebenten Mannheimer Tagung für Binenschiffahrssrecht, hrsg. Von Günther Wiese, Heidelberg: Müller, Jur. Verl., 1994.
Some observations on the block exemption for Consortia Agreements in light of Regulation No. 4056/86, in European Transport Law, Vol. XXXI No. 2-1996.
The application of the modernised rules implementing Articles 81 and 82 EC-Treaty in injunction proceedings: problems and possible solutions. Fordham Corporate Law Institute 26th jaarlijkse conferentie, in Fordham Corporate Law Institute’s 2000 uitgave over International antitrust law & policy.
Merger Control in the Netherlands, co-author in Getting the deal through, in Global Competition Review, 2000, blz. 102-105.
Future challenges for Legislators and Enforcers, in Competition Law and Shipping, The EMLO Guide to EU Competition Law in the Shipping and Port Industries.
Reports
Remedies for Breach of Community Law, Dutch report for the conference of the Féderation Internationale pour le Droit Européen, Londen 1980.
Influence of EEC Law on Internal Law, Dutch report for the conference of the League against Unfair Competition, Bath 1982.
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Articles
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Over de codificatie van het communautaire landbouwrecht; Sociaal Economische Wetgeving 6 (1976) juni, blz. 347-355.
Monetary Evolutions and the Common Agricultural Policy; 15 Common Market Law Review 1978, blz. 157-186.
Trade Sanctions against Iran The Latest Position Contribution on the situation in the Netherlands
The International Contract, Law and Finance Review, juni 1980, Volume I, Number Four, blz. 195-200.
Europees kartelrecht als strijdmiddel bij overnames, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 14 Sept. 1988, 73e jaargang, nr. 3673, blz. 854-859.
Europa 1992: een keuze tussen Orwell en Monnet, WPNR 21 jan. 1989, jaargang 120, nr. 5900, blz. 24-28.
De groepsvrijstelling voor knowhow-licentieovereenkomsten; Bedrijfsjuridische Berichten, 27 juni 1989, blz. 142-145.
Het EESV: een nieuwe weg naar Europees ondernemerschap; WPNR, 2 december 1989, Jaargang 120, nr. 5939, blz. 729-736.
The completion of the European single market; Economic Bulletin (Singapore), februari. 1990.
Problemen bij de harmonisatie van wetgeving in de EG middels richtlijnen; WPNR; 19 mei 1990, jaargang 121, nr. 5961, blz. 319-324.
Co-makership: de keerzijde van de medaille, Industrie, juni 1990, blz. 110-113.
Some general observations on the completion of the internal market; INA-magazine (Jakarta), juli 1990.
The role of the national judge in the application of competition law to contracts, Juriste International, UIA, juli 1990, blz. 38-41.
Anti-trust concerns in the European Single Market, Economic Bulletin (Singapore), August 1990/INA Magazine (Jakarta), Sept./Oct. 1990.
Some legal aspects of the interrelation between anti-dumping law and anti-trust law, INA Magazine (Jakarta)/Economic Bulletin (Singapore), december 1990.
Recent developments in EC Competition Law, Annual Review, Worldwide Information, 1991, blz. 81-87.
The application of EC competition law by national courts, INA Magazine (Jakarta)/Economic Bulletin (Singapore), februari 1991.
Competition and Merchant Shipping, INA Magazine (Jakarta)/Economic Bulletin(Singapore), maart 1991.
Franchising – Enkele opmerkingen van kartelrechtelijke aard, WPNR, sept. 1991, blz. 581-588.
De SPO-regeling vanuit het perspectief van het kartelrecht, Bouwrecht, jan. 1993, blz. 1-12.
Geschillen met de Europese Commissie,
Dossier Onderneming & Geschillen, augustust 1994, blz.67-72.
Naar een nieuwe Mededingingswet, Bouwrecht, maart 1997, blz. 196-205.
Het kartelverbod in de Mededingingswet, Dossier Onderneming & Geschillen, december. 1997, blz. 10-15.
The application of the modernised rules implementing Articles 81 and 82 EC Treaty in the field of Martime Law: some observations;
Il Diritto Marittimo; Fasc. I-2001, blz. 174-181.
The anti-competitive effects of a globally concentrated, oligopolistic maritime market: from explicit to tacit collusion - an analysis based on the P3 network. The Journal of International Maritime Law, september - october 2013, Volume 19, issue 5, ISSN 1478-8586, p. 419-436
2M: The Chinese Conundrum, Lloyds List, 14-07-2014
2M-The Regulators’ Conundrum, Lloyds List, 19-08-2014
Industry viewpoint: The commissioners have got it wrong, Lloyds List, 09-10-2014
Industry viewpoint: Alliance and compliance: shall the twain ever meet, Lloyds List, 28-10-2014 (20 pp)
Industry viewpoint: Will fair competition between ports be undermined by super-sized alliances and ships? Lloyds List, 08-04-2015
Piraeus privatisation opens legal can of worms, Lloyds List, 10-6-2015
Do ultra large container ships distort port competition, asks lawyer? Lloyds List, 02-10-2015
Give them an inch and they'll take a yard, Containerisation International, October 2015
Brussels price-signalling decision creates greater legal uncertainty, Containerisation International, October 2016
Price-signalling revisited, Containerisation International, December 2016
Hub-and-spoke cartels in the container liner shipping industry, Journal of International Maritime Law, (2017)23 JIML, p. 50 - 56
The competitive consequences of Brexit, Lloyds List Containers, October 2017
Brexit and its consequences for containerised liner shipping services, Journal of International Maritime Law, (2017)23 JIML, p. 1 -12
Shippping lines create trinity: Digitalisation, Globalisation and Monopolisation, Journal of International Maritime Law, (2019)25 JIML, p. 1 - 24
Consortia BERexit? Splash, 1-4-2019
Digitalisation, globalisation and monopolisation, lines create triniy, Splash, 11-11-2019
The consortia BER: Resurrection by denial, Lloyds List, 26-11-2019
The importance of being relevant , Lloyds List, 16-12-2019
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Climate and Covid-19 Will the shipping industry succeed in charting the right course between Scylla and Charybdis, JIML(26) 2020
Digitalisation and globalisation pose problems for competition authorities, Lloyds List, 10-1-2020
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Can shipping chart a green course in a post-coronavirus climate, Lloyds List, 22-06-2020
Are vessel-sharing agreements fit for purpose in a digital age, Lloyds List, 01-07-020
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Consortia agreements need full access to data, Lloyds List, 10-07-2020
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Is digital leviathan a risk to fair competition in shipping, Lloyds list, 05-10-2020
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Does the digital leviathan spell the end of fair competition in the shipping industry, JIML(26) 2020
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FMC wrongly gives TradeLens a pass, Journal of Commerce, 30-10-2020
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The Federal Maritime Commission falls victim to digitalisation, Splash, 02-11-2020
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Will carriers control shipping's digitalisation, Lloyds List, 05-01-2021
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The market definition notice and global containerised liner shipping end-to-end services, JIML(27) 2021
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Fair competition and climate neutrality: will the twain ever meet in the global shipping industry? JIML(29) 2023
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East is East and West is West: will the twain meet in global shipping? JIML(29) 2023 - Addendum to the article Fair competition and climate neutrality: will the twain ever meet in the global shipping industry
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Selection of lectures
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The role of the national judge in the application of competition law to contracts;
some observations on the situation in the EC and EFTA countries,
Union Internationale des Avocats, Congress, Interlaken, augustus 1989.
Some legal aspects of the interrelation between anti-dumping law and anti-trust law,
Union Internationale des Avocats, Congress, Strassbourg, september 1990.
Recent developments in US. EC and Canadian anti-merger law,
Union Internationale des Avocats, Congress, Mexico, juli 1991.
Competition aspects of international Joint Ventures, IBC Seminar, Brussels, oktober 1992.
Competition Law Treatment of Vertical Distribution Systems in the EC,
Union Internationale des Avocats, Congress, Berlin, augustus 1992.
The EC’s New Joint Venture Guidelines, American Bar Association Section on anti-trust law, Washington, april 1993.
EC Competition Law and its effects on banking, Int. Chamber of Commerce Banking Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus, april 1993.
Studiedag “Europese Richtlijnen voor Overheidsaanbestedingen”, Euroforum, mei 1993.
De Transportsector in een veranderd Europa, Seminar Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce, juni 1993.
The assessment of the formation and conduct of joint ventures under EC Competition Law,
Union Internationale des Avocats, Congress, San Francisco, augustus 1993.
Joint ventures under EC Competion Law, American Bar Association Section on anti-trust law, Washington, april 1994.
De toepassing van de artikelen 85 en 86 EEG-Verdrag.
Cursus Europees Recht Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten, 20 en 28 april 1994.
Toekomst van de betrekkingen tussen Zwitserland en de Europese Unie.
Lezing 65 jarig bestaan van de Nederlandsche Vereeniging in Genève, mei 1994.
Pretrial investigation and mechanisms in the European Union, the USA, Canada and Germany.
Union Internationale des Avocats, Congress, Marrakech, oktober/november 1994.
Studiedag “Hoe werkt u met de Richtlijn Nutssectoren?”, Euroforum, april 1995.
EU Membership – The Challenge for Maritime Malta,
One day Conference in Malta 29 oktober 1999, VIII jaarlijkse conferentie EMLO in samenwerking met MMLA.
The application of the modernised rules implementting Articles 81 and 82 EC-Treaty in injunction proceedings: problems and possible solutions, Fordham Corporate Law Institute 26th jaarlijkse conferentie – 1999.
Lectures on Article 81 EC-Treaty at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (5 lectures of 2 hours), February/March 2000.
De modernisering van de regels inzake de toepassing van de artikelen 81 en 82 EG-Verdrag: Problemen en mogelijke oplossingen in kort geding, Seminar Decentralisatie Communautair Mededingingsrecht, georganiseerd door het Hof van Justitie van de EG en het Gerecht van Eerste Aanleg van de EG op 25 februari 2000 in Luxemburg.
Gevolgen van toleranties in de rechtspraktijk. Een analyse van het arrest van het HJEG in de zaken Raverco en Coxon & Chatterton.
Ned. Ver. voor Levensmiddelenrecht, 6 april 2009.
Lecture on European Law
Jonge Balie Afdeling Rotterdam 25-06-2014
EMLO Conference Hamburg 3 November 2017 The consequences of Brexit for the maritime industry
BIT's 8th Annual World Congress of Ocean - 2019, Xiamen, China, Big Data changes course Containers - Destination unknown - , 25 pp.