European Competition Law Annual 2006: Enforcement of Prohibition of Cartels

Half title page......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
List of sponsers......Page 5
List of participants......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 25
1. Session One: Oligopoly Theory and Economic Evidence......Page 26
2. Session Two: Investigative Powers of the Competition Authorities......Page 30
3. Session Three: Administrative (Civil) v. Criminal Sanctions......Page 32
4. Session Four: Private Enforcement of EC Competition Ruleson Cartels......Page 36
5. Session Five: Leniency, Financial Incentives and Plea Bargaining......Page 40
6. Session Six: Effectiveness of Enforcement and Legal Protection v. Rights of the Defence......Page 45
Session A: Panel I Discussion......Page 51
Session A: Panel I Working Papers......Page 99
I: Behavioral Screening and the Detection of Cartels- Harrington......Page 101
II: On the Use of Economic Analysis in Cartel Detection- Rey......Page 119
III: Structural Approaches to Cartel Detection- Grout and Sonderegger......Page 133
IV: Oligopoly Theory and Economic Evidence- Whish......Page 155
V: Oligopolies, Conscious Parallelism and Concertation- Allendesalazar, Martinez- Lage and Vallina......Page 169
Session A: Panel II Working Papers......Page 189
I: Seven Steps to Better Cartel Enforcement- Barnett......Page 191
II: Some Background Notes on the Investigative Powers of the Competition Authorities- Collins......Page 203
III: Searches Beneath the Cherry Tree in the Garden: European Thoughts on How to Enhance the Task of Uncovering and Thereby Deterring Cartels- Forrester......Page 211
IV: The Investigative Powers of the Canadian Competition Bureau: Domestic and International Dimensions- Goldman, Kwinter and Morris......Page 241
V: The EU Model of Administrative Enforcement Against Global Cartels: Evolving to Meet Challenges- Guersent......Page 263
Session B: Panel III Discussion......Page 271
Session B: Panel III Working Papers......Page 316
I: Is Criminalization of EU Competition Law the Answer?- Wils......Page 318
II: Public Enforcement in the EU: Deterrent Effect and Proportionality of Fines- Calvino......Page 368
III: Modernization and Enforcement—The Need for Convergence: On Procedure and Substance- Venit......Page 388
IV: Coming to Praise Criminal Antitrust Enforcement- Calkins......Page 394
V: On the Effect of EU Cartel Investigations and Fines On the Infringing Firms’ Market Value- Langus and Motta......Page 414
Session C: Panel IV Discussion......Page 428
Session B: Panel V Working Papers......Page 474
I: The Commission’s Green Paper on Private Enforcement: “Americanization” of EC Competition Law Enforcement?- Waelbroek and Slater......Page 476
II: The Commission Green Paper On Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules- Smijter and Woods......Page 498
III: Seeking the Perfect Balance: Some Reflections on the Commission’s Green Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules- Lawrence......Page 508
IV: A Reflection on Some Private Antitrust Enforcement Issues- Siragusa and Ostuni......Page 528
Session C: Panel VI Working Papers......Page 538
I: US Corporate Leniency After the Blockbuster Cartels: Are We Entering a New Era?- Klawiter......Page 276
II: That Uncertain Feeling: The Commission’s 2002 Leniency Notice- Joshua......Page 561
III: Despite Its Great Success, the EC Leniency Programme Faces Great Challenges- Bloom......Page 593
IV: Bounties as Inducements to Identify Cartels- Kovacic......Page 621
V: Plea Bargaining in EC Anti-Cartel Enforcement—A System Change?- Ratliff......Page 647
VI: Reflections on the Implementation of a “Plea Bargaining”/ “Direct Settlement” System in EC Competition Law- Burrichter and Zimmer......Page 661
Session C: Panel VII Working Papers......Page 675
I: Ensuring that Effectiveness of Enforcement Does Not Prejudice Legal Protection. Rights of Defence. Fundamental Rights Concerns- Roth......Page 677
II: Effectiveness of Enforcement and Legal Protection- Harding......Page 693
III: Effective Enforcement and Legal Protection—Friends or Enemies?- Forwood......Page 711
Bibliography......Page 715