Individual Sanctions for Competition Law Infringements: Pros, Cons and Challenges

Authors

William E. Kovacic, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow
Florian Wagner-von Paap, University College London Faculty of Laws
Autorite de la Concurrence
Daniel Zimmer, University of Bonn - Institut für Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht; University of Bonn - Centre for Advanced Studies in Law and Economics (CASTLE)
Andreas Stephan, University of East Anglia (UEA) - Centre for Competition Policy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Status

Accepted

Abstract

Following the substantive harmonization in Regulation (EC) no. 1/2003, the European Commission has started more recently to focus on the harmonization of procedure and sanctions, and in January 2016, the European Parliament called for penalties against natural persons. This special issue looks at the current state of individual sanctions on the EU Member State level, examines from a comparative perspective the institutional challenges which these individual sanctions present, especially for leniency programmes, and discusses the pros and cons of introducing further individual, in particular criminal sanctions in Europe. It examines the experience with criminal sanctions in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, and presents empirical evidence on public attitudes towards competition law infringements in various Member States and the United States.

GW Paper Series

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2016-2; GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-26

SSRN Link

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2782090

Recommended Citation

Wagner-von Papp, Florian and Viros, David and Zimmer, Daniel and Kovacic, William E. and Stephan, Andreas, Individual Sanctions for Competition Law Infringements: Pros, Cons and Challenges (May 17, 2016). Concurrences Review N° 2-2016, Art. N° 78515, pp. 14-44; GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2016-26; GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-26. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2782090