Procedural fairness: How much remains to be done? (New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference - Paris, 11 February 2011)

This fourth roundtable of the conference "New frontiers of Antitrust", Paris, 11 February 2011, is dedicated to the procedural fairness. In the first contribution, Nils Wahl, Judge of the General Court of the European Union examines the judge’s role in the competition proceedings. In the second contribution, Bruno Lasserre, Chairman of the French Competition Authority gives his point of view about the fondamentals principles of the procedural fairness. The third contribution, writing by Wouter Wills, Hearing Officer of the European Commission, deals with the powers of the European Commission and the competition authorities of the EU Member States to enforce Articles 101 and 102 TFEU, and with the procedural rights and guarantees that circumscribe or limit these powers. Finally in the last contribution, Jean Paul Tran Thiet, associate at White & Case Paris, wonders why is there a growing demand for procedural fairness and what are the main stakes both at the EU and the national level.