INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ROUND UP – EUROPE ANTI-CARTEL POWERS BOOSTED
April 1st, 2017
EU PROPOSES BOOSTING ANTICARTEL POWERS OF NATIONAL EUROPEAN COMPETITION AUTHORITIES
A DIRECTIVE has been proposed by the European Commission that would ensure that national competition authorities across the European Union (EU) have a minimum level of powers enabling them to enforce EU antitrust laws. If the law is approved by the European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers, EU competition authorities would be guaranteed independence from other government agencies and ministries; have sufficient resources; investigative powers to search electronic ...
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