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Maria Jaspers

European Commission - DG COMP (Brussels)

Director - Cartels

Since autumn 2020, Maria Jaspers is the Director of the Cartel Directorate of the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission (DG Competition). Prior to this appointment, she was the Head of Unit of the Antitrust Policy and Case Support Unit after having been Head of Unit in the Cartel Directorate for five years. She joined the European Commission and DG Competition in 2001 and worked in different units dealing with antitrust policy and enforcement issues before starting her management career as the Deputy Head of the (then) Antitrust and Merger Case Coordination Unit in 2007. Maria Jaspers is a Swedish lawyer and has a Master of European Law from the Europa-Institut in Saarbrücken, Germany. Before joining the European Commission, she spent two years in private practice in Sweden.

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12941 | Events

24 Jan 2023 Online Global Cartel Enforcement Trends Webinar See documents

19 Jan 2022 Webinar 3rd Cartels Workshop: An advanced seminar on substantive EU developments #1 See documents

9 Nov 2021 Brussels Brussels Antitrust in Home Office - Photo exhibition See documents

20 Jan 2021 Webinar 2nd Cartels Workshop #1 Opening speech & Substantive issues See documents

17 Apr 2020 Webinar WEBINAR #1’ Coronavirus crisis - The DG COMP’S response (Antitrust) See documents

8 Jun 2018 Brussels Interim measures and EU competition proceedings: Is there a case for reform? See documents

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930 Bulletin

Céline Gauer, Maria Jaspers The ECN publishes its work on the model leniency programme setting out the basis for soft harmonisation of all EU leniency programmes

29 September 2006 581

"ECN Model Leniency Programme - a first step towards a harmonised leniency policy in the EU"* I. Introduction The co-existence of several leniency programmes within the EU and the practical implications of the ECN work-sharing mechanisms for the handling of leniency cases has been debated (...)

Maria Jaspers The EU Court of First Instance delivers its judgment in the TACA case upholding the Commission decision concerning infringements of articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty (Atlantic Container Line)

30 September 2003 349

"The TACA judgment: lessons learnt and the way forward"* Introduction On 30 September 2003, the Court of First Instance (CFI) delivered a long-awaited judgment in the Transatlantic Conference Agreement (‘TACA’) case. The case concerned the organisation of containerised liner shipping (...)