Règlement 1/2003 et Réseau européen de concurrence 10 ans après : Faut-il étendre la coopération au contrôle des concentrations et à l’advocacy ? (New Frontiers of Antitrust, Paris, 21 February 2014)

INTRODUCTION Bruno LASSERRE Président, Autorité de la concurrence, Paris 1. My presentation today will be delivered in English, in order to facilitate the discussion in this international panel and to allow for a more lively exchange of view. I apologize for prizing, in this particular instance, expediency over principle. 2. Let me first thank the host and the organizers of this event. The topic we are addressing today in our round-table is challenging. If I were to summarize our objectives today, they would be the following : – to analyze the successes and failures of the current state of play as regard cooperation between authorities in the fields of merger control and advocacy ; – to identify the core issues for which there is a need for greater cooperation and consistency ;