Self-Assessment of Agreements under Article 81 EC: Is There a Need for More Commission Guidance?

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Pierantonio D’Elia, Michele Piergiovanni, Oct 31, 2008

On July 24, 2008, the Commission launched a public consultation on the functioning of Council Regulation n. 1/2003 (the “Regulation”) that sets out the rules for the Commission’s enforcement of EC Treaty antitrust rules. The Regulation, which took effect on May 1, 2004, aims at simplifying and strengthening antitrust enforcement through a series of far-r