The Choice of Legal Basis in EU Competition Law: Shifting the Competence in the Digital Era
This article analyses the competence shift in EU competition law, with a particular focus on the digital era and the EU’s institutional dimension. As will be argued, the latter is expanding by means of new legislation in the Digital Single Market. Particularly Article 114 TFEU is employed as a legal base for this purpose, which essentially harmonises and pre-empts Member States’ action in this are
