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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2011

Suzanne Kingston
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Justice Nial Fennelly
Suzanne Kingston
Affiliation:
University College Dublin
Justice Nial Fennelly
Affiliation:
The Supreme Court of Ireland
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Foreword

Competition was one of the foundation stones of the original Common Market. One of the defined activities was ‘the institution of a system ensuring that competition in the common market is not distorted’. Environmental policy is a latecomer.

The underlying Community economic theory and policy was essentially based on the principles of classical economics. It puts the welfare of the consumer at the centre. As Professor Bork has put it, competition law ‘cannot properly be guided by any goal other than consumer welfare’.

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Greening EU Competition Law and Policy , pp. xi - xii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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  • Foreword
  • Suzanne Kingston, University College Dublin
  • Book: Greening EU Competition Law and Policy
  • Online publication: 05 November 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511758522.001
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  • Foreword
  • Suzanne Kingston, University College Dublin
  • Book: Greening EU Competition Law and Policy
  • Online publication: 05 November 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511758522.001
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  • Foreword
  • Suzanne Kingston, University College Dublin
  • Book: Greening EU Competition Law and Policy
  • Online publication: 05 November 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511758522.001
Available formats
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