Sanctions: The ECA working group issues principles for convergence on financial sanctions (ECA Working Group on sanctions)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Prepared by a working group co-chaired by the French Competition Council and the Italian Competition Authority, published in May 2008 on the website of the German and Dutch competition authorities and remained unnoticed until its publication on the Council's website on 7 October 2008, this document entitled: "Les sanctions pécuniaries des entreprises en droit de la concurrence. Principles for Convergence" is, according to the comments made by the Council, "the culmination of a joint reflection launched in May 2006 on the initiative of the French competition authorities at the annual meeting of the ECA in Nice". This document is of great importance. Beyond