Anne Krenzer

Following a decade of application of the French leniency programme, the Autorité de la concurrence has published the results of a survey on the perception of this instrument of cartel detection by the actors on 15 April 2014. This survey shows the incentives or disincentives for an undertaking (...)

The French leniency program has been in effect for over a decade, as in the Netherlands. Yet, some issues concerning the application of these original procedures still remain. What is, in practice, their role in the fight against secret cartels? Which requirements of cooperation burden on (...)

The guidelines on the calculation of fines adopted by the European Commission in 2006 have been put into practice for the first time in five cases on hardcore cartels. By drawing a first assessment, one may notice that, whereas under the former guidelines of 1998, it was the size of the (...)

1. On the 15th of January, the Bundeskartellamt (hereafter, the “BKartA”) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary of enforcement of the German Law against restrictions of competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen, hereafter, the “GWB”). Some 600 guests joined this landmark celebration, which (...)