Web-Companion "Essential EU Law in Charts" 6th ed 2026
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Dear Reader of "Essential EU Law in Charts, 6th edition, 2026". Please take note of the following updates and corrigenda:
Extension | p. 232
More detailed information on EU digital regulation is provided at www.eudigitaldesign.eur-charts.eu, including notably:
• A regularly updated, comprehensive overview of the current EU digital regulation:
– Overview chart of the EU’s digital policies and relating regulatory ‘grand design’ Special Chart Use link on page
• Additional Charts on selected secondary legislation:
– On the EU AI Act Chart 8|70-1 https://www.eur-charts.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/eur-charts_ch8-70.1-AI-Act_v01.pdf
Update | p. 259
The box in the third row at the at the right hand side entitled “Exclusionary abuses:” must read:
Exclusionary abuses:
Exclusion of competitors, Guidelines on abusive exclusionary conduct (2026)E.g.:
- Refusal to supply a competitor with an essential raw material; Commercial Solvents (1974);
- Refusal to grant access to so-called “essential facilities”; Bronner (1998), IMS Health (2004), Android Auto (2025);
- Predatory pricing, i.e. prices below average variable costs imposed in order to eliminate a competitor and later be able to raise prices; AKZO Chemie (1991);
- Taking over a patent licence, thereby frustrating other competitors’ attempts at entering the market; Tetra Pak Rausing (1990);
- Pay-for-delay strategies; Generics (2020);
- Exclusive dealing; Unilever Italia (2023).
Update | p. 362
Page: 362
Chapter: Tables. IV. “Soft law“ (communications, recommendations, notices, declarations, etc.)
Insert the following entry:
- Communication from the Commission: Guidelines on the application of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings, C(2026) 6118 final