The Judicial Reception of Competition Soft Law in the Netherlands and the UK

EU Soft Law in the UK on the Eve of Brexit

“…57 As noted by Georgieva in 2016, this instrument was not very popular with UK courts, even though it was mentioned by the claimants, and this was explained on grounds it was highly controversial. 58 The interviewee expressed a different view, with regards to the Purple Parking case, noting that the rejection of the Guidance paper was not a reflection of the quality of the instrument, but simply an illustration of its limits. 59 Moreover, our searches show that the attitude towards the Guidance Paper might have changed.…”