Legislation antitrust rules are contained in various legal instruments the basic and brief provisions are contained in the treaty on the functioning of the european union a number of regulations have later been adopted either by the council or the commission some of these regulations contain the general rules for the implementation of the . In the united states antitrust law is a collection of federal and state government laws that regulate the conduct and organization of business corporations and are generally intended to promote competition for the benefit of consumers the main statutes are the sherman act of 1890 the clayton act of 1914 and the federal trade commission act of . European antitrust policy is developed from two central rules set out in the treaty on the functioning of the european union first article 101 of the treaty prohibits agreements between two or more independent market operators which restrict competition this provision covers both horizontal agreements between actual or potential competitors operating at the same level of the supply chain and vertical agreements between firms operating at different levels ie agreement between a . free book antitrust modernization laws and legislation uploaded by frederic dard antitrust legislation antitrust rules are contained in various legal instruments the basic and brief provisions are contained in the treaty on the functioning of the european union a number of regulations have later been adopted either by the council or