Sentences with phrase «national competition authorities»

The Commission officials were accompanied by their counterparts from the relevant national competition authorities.

For an effective enforcement of antitrust law it is also necessary that decisions of national competition authorities finding an infringement automatically constitute proof in court proceedings in all Member States.

What happens to the allocation of respective competences of the Commission and national competition authorities in if an international cartel is implemented both in the EU and the Czech Republic before accession to the EU but action is taken after accession?

Conducts ongoing cooperative programs with other national competition authorities that are responsible for airline competition and economic regulation of commercial aviation (e.g., EU, Canada, Australia, Japan, India).

This post concerns a bit of a Dutch thing, namely the «position» of the Dutch National Competition Authority ACM on an agreement by electricity producers active on the Dutch market, but it is interesting more generally for those who are interested in the relation between (EU) competition law and other issues like sustainability.

Brian also represents companies in competition cases before national competition authorities including in the UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic and Ireland.

The European Commission, which works closely with national competition authorities on antitrust matter, said it would assess the complaint.

A group of real estate agents who colluded to push up local fees in southwest England has been fined # 370,084 ($ 500,620) by national competition authorities after incriminating emails were uncovered detailing the cartel's illegal plans.

We know how to communicate with the Department of Justice, the European Commission, and EU national competition authority lawyers when appropriate.

Final infringement decisions of national competition authorities and review courts should be irrebuttable proof of the infringement in subsequent private enforcement proceedings, the paper says and the current acquis communautaire on the scope of damages should be codified.

The implementation of these provisions is defined in the EU's Antitrust Regulation (Council Regulation No 1/2003), which is also applied by national competition authorities.

In so doing, the Court significantly expanded the scope for taking social interests into account within competition law analysis and rejected the more narrow and liberal approach taken by the Dutch National Competition Authority (NCA), the Dutch government and — not surprisingly — the European Commission.

She also represents clients in litigation proceedings before national and European courts, and has broad experience both in conducting antitrust compliance audits on a national and international level, and advising clients in merger control proceedings before national competition authorities and the European Commission.

The implementation of this provision is defined in the Antitrust Regulation (Council Regulation No 1/2003) which can be applied by the Commission and by the national competition authorities of EU Member States.

Moreover, it is just one of many cases to show that this dearth of civil enforcement was about to change with several high - profile cases that have spun off from Commission and national competition authority decisions involving notably big institutional purchasers.

In the area of merger control, Brian regularly represents parties seeking to obtain approval for complex transactions before either the European Commission or national competition authorities.

advising on complex procedural and substantive issues arising in the context of criminal and civil investigations and dawn raids conducted by national competition authorities and the European Commission

The firm advised Klaas Puul, the second - largest producer and wholesaler of seafood in northwest Europe, on its immunity application to the European Commission and other national competition authorities to avoid liability for anticompetitive behaviour between wholesalers.

Because the HCA considered that there was no effect on trade, Article 101 TFEU was not applied by the national competition authority.

We advise both complainants and defendants, which regularly involves proceedings before the European Commission and national competition authorities and courts, as well as in civil conduct investigations before the US antitrust authorities and courts.

So, the undertakings can be fined for participating in a worldwide cartel by both the Commission and a national competition authority for the effects taking place in the EU and a third country respectively.

In relation to actions of national competition authorities the AG notes that they play an important role in the decentralized form of EU competition law enforcement and therefore «give undertakings operating in the internal market important indications as to the understanding of the applicable legal situation in European competition law (para. 84)».

Our lawyers have also worked with intellectual property rights owners in protecting their rights in the face of competition and free movement claims in the EU and in front of national competition authorities and courts.

Lawyers in our European offices have been involved in some of the most significant investigations by the European Commission and national competition authorities.

Baker Botts Partner Catriona Hatton, moderates the lunch debate at the National Competition Authorities Forum.

Boris also has experience of representing clients in the defence of investigations by the European Commission and national competition authorities, including sector inquiries, as well as managing internal investigations into competition law and bribery / corruption issues.

It remains to be seen what the national competition authorities will do with this idea.

To date the main method of tackling these competition law infringements has been through public enforcement either by the European Commission or by national competition authorities, eg the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the UK.

Information exchange between the Commission — or national competition authorities — and the courts is also considered, although the current restrictions on disclosure of Commission documents is noted and the impression given that the Commission is not enthusiastic about the idea of litigants having untrammelled access to its case files.

With respect to «stand alone» actions — i.e. actions initiated without a prior decision by the EC or a national competition authority — there is naturally no decision that could have a binding effect and the claimant will have to prove that an infringement of competition law has occurred.