Cartel Enforcement in the EU: Liability, Fines, Settlements
Date: 03 March 2016
Time: 12:00
Duration: 1day
Location: Brussels
Cost: 300€
Organiser: Academy of European Law
Web Link: https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=e1e458fd3786b228689adcf62f4b19f23db4032a00454075535179&_sprache=en&_persistant_variant=/Events/Browse%20all%20events&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=125556
Description:
Objective
This workshop will examine the practical impact of recent cases before the European Commission and the CJEU in the calculation of fines for infringement of EU competition rules. Special attention will be paid to the latest trends in cartel settlements as well as novel issues.
Key topics
- The role of general principles in fines
- Latest on the 10% turnover cap rule and “extra-territorial fining“
- Particularities for cartel facilitators, vertically integrated or merged companies and subsidiaries
- Amendments to the Settlements Notice, recent settlements and hybrid cases
- The AC-Treuhand, VM Remonts, Guardian, YKK Corporation, Saint Gobain, InnoLux, Candle wax, Timab Industries cases
