Chillin'Competition

The forthcoming issue of the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice will be dedicated to the memory of Professor Heike Schweitzer.

We will publish, posthumously, her very last paper, co-authored with Simon de Ridder and already available, in Open Access, here. Those among you who are familiar with Heike’s work will immediately recognise her characteristic style.

The article is an impressive tour d’horizon that cuts across all issues pertaining to the application of Article 102 TFEU, ranging from the procedural and institutional to the substantive. It reflects her usual concern with the effectiveness and administrability of EU competition law and policy.

I have no doubt it will be widely cited as a reference masterfully capturing the growing discontent with some aspects of the ‘effects-based approach’ to the enforcement of Article 102 TFEU and proposing a meaningful way forward.

Alongside her article, we publish an editorial (available for free here) celebrating her achievements as a uniquely versatile scholar. While a deeply original and innovative thinker, she would always be proud of her Ordoliberal lineage.