Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Should environmental goals play a role in EU competition law and policy?
- 1 Environmental protection in EU competition theory to date
- 2 The rise of the market in EU environmental policy
- 3 Why environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy: a legal systematic argument
- 4 Why environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy: a governance argument
- 5 Why environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy: an economic argument
- Part II The role of environmental protection in EU competition law and policy in practice
- Part III Conclusions
- Select bibliography
- Index
- References
3 - Why environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy: a legal systematic argument
from Part I - Should environmental goals play a role in EU competition law and policy?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Should environmental goals play a role in EU competition law and policy?
- 1 Environmental protection in EU competition theory to date
- 2 The rise of the market in EU environmental policy
- 3 Why environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy: a legal systematic argument
- 4 Why environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy: a governance argument
- 5 Why environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy: an economic argument
- Part II The role of environmental protection in EU competition law and policy in practice
- Part III Conclusions
- Select bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
This chapter and the following two chapters put forward three arguments of principle which, together and individually, support the view that environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy. The arguments are grounded, respectively, in reasoning based on: (1) the system of the Treaty and its underlying principles (the legal systematic argument, considered in this chapter); (2) governance theory (the governance argument, considered in Chapter 4); and (3) economic theory (the economic argument, considered in Chapter 5). Having set out the theoretical basis for these arguments, their application to EU competition law in practice will be considered in Part II.
The legal systematic argument is, in essence, a simple one. The founding Treaties should be viewed as forming a coherent system. This means that, where possible, and where Treaty provisions are sufficiently open-textured to be open to interpretation, they should be interpreted so as to help, and not hinder, the EU's other policy objectives. This approach is justified, it will be argued, in interpreting EU competition law just as in interpreting the rest of EU law.
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- Greening EU Competition Law and Policy , pp. 97 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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