The Commission revises its Guidelines for setting fines in antitrust cases On 28 June 2006, the Commission adopted its new Guidelines on the method of setting fines imposed on undertakings which infringe Articles 81 and/or 82 EC [1]. These Guidelines (hereafter the “2006 Guidelines”) refine the existing ones adopted in 1998 (hereafter the “1998 Guidelines”). In part, they update the text in order to reflect the Commission’s most recent practice as well as the state of play of the case-law on a number of issues. But they also introduce a couple of significant changes. The present article highlights the main elements of the 2006 Guidelines. A. General remarks1. Objectives The 1998 and 2006 Guidelines obviously share common general objectives. The key purpose of Fining Guidelines is to set
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The EU Commission revises its guidelines for setting fines in antitrust cases
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