Andreas Mundt

Panellists of the fourth roundtable’s of the New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference came back on persistent difficulties to reconcile competition law, particularly Article 102 TFEU enforcement, with economic analysis and a "more effects-based approach". The President of the Bundeskartellamt (...)

The effective collection and exchange of information is crucial for the well-functioning of European antitrust enforcement in the context of the European Competition Network (ECN). Within the ECN, some national authorities still lack effective information-gathering tools. In the larger context (...)

This third roundtable of the conference “New frontiers of Antitrust” (Paris, 21 February 2014) was dedicated to “European Competition Network 10 years after & EC Regulation 1/2003: Can cooperation be extended to merger control and advocacy?”. The objectives for the authors of this roundtable (...)

Interview conducted by Jürgen Schindler et Ines Litzenberger, Allen & Overy, Brussels. Since 2009 President of the Bundeskartellamt 2005 Director of the General Policy Division 2001 Head of Unit International Competition Matters Rapporteur in the 4th Decision Division (card-based (...)

La quatrième table-ronde de la conférence New Frontiers of Antitrust du 10 février 2012 à Paris était dédiée à la distinction entre objet et effet anticoncurrentiel. Richard Whish, Professeur au King’s College de Londres, introduit le sujet par quelques observations liminaires. Nicolas Forwood, juge au (...)

1. Mr. Mundt, you were the first president of the Federal Cartel Office chosen from its ranks. Has that made your job easier? 2. One of the key changes in the application of competition law was the more economic approach. After first seeming to hesitate, the FCO now seems bent on (...)