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Relatively unnoticed, the European Commission recently has expanded its range of premiums with which it wants to persuade companies to cooperate. True to their proven "carrot and stick" approach, in future cases there should be financial incentives for cooperation also in areas in which accused companies - at least so far - cannot benefit from the leniency programme or a settlement discount. This new development follows Commissioner Vestager’s speech in February 2016, in which she advocated to grant substantial reductions in fines to companies that had been involved in proceedings under Art. 102 TFEU and thus allow an uncomplicated conclusion of the proceedings, particularly to improve the timeliness of enforcement and ultimately increase consumer benefits
