Vertical natural gas transportation capacity upstream commodity contracts and eu competition law energy and environmental law policy series supranational and comparative aspects volume 18 of energy and environmental law policy series author kim talus publisher kluwer law international bv 2011 isbn 9041134077 9789041134073 . Vertical natural gas transportation capacity upstream commodity energy and environmental law and policy series energy and environmental law policy series supranational and comparative aspects kim talus on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers. The objective of this study is to examine how eu competition law should be applied to long term natural gas capacity reservation and commodity contracts the central argument of this thesis is that long term contracts both upstream commodity contracts and the transportation capacity reservation contracts have a foreclosing effect. Vertical natural gas transportation capacity upstream commodity contracts and eu competition law. Key eu gas market regulation relating to long term contracting the application of eu competition law in natural gas markets background and developments compatibility of vertical natural gas transportation capacity commodity contracts and eu competition law security of supply as objective justification