Product Name: Officiel Boîtiers d'accès et d'affiche - 9781509942527
Book Title：Access and Cartel officiel Cases Format：Paperback Language：English Author：Helene Andersson ISBN：9781509942527

Access and Cartel Cases

Ensuring Effective Competition Law Enforcement
Author(s): Helene Andersson
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: Hart Publishing
ISBN-13: 9781509942527, 978-1509942527

Synopsis

This book examines the legislative patchwork surrounding access to the European Commissions cartel case files.

Recent legislative changes have increased the value of the files and have also highlighted the inherent tension between a number of competing interests affecting their accessibility. The Commission is undoubtedly caught between a rock and a hard place, charged with the task to ensure due process, transparency and effectiveness while at the same time promoting both public and private enforcement of the EU competition rules. The author considers how best to ensure a proper balance between the legitimate, but often diverging interests of parties, third parties and national competition authorities in these cases.

The book provides a unique and comprehensive presentation of the EU legislation and case law surrounding access to the Commissions cartel case files. The author examines the question of accessibility from three different perspectives: that of the parties under investigation, cartel victims, and national competition authorities. The author also considers the EU leniency system and whether any legislative changes could make the attractiveness of the system less dependent on the possibilities of cartel victims to access the evidence contained in the Commissions case files.

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