European Competition Law Annual 2006: Enforcement of Prohibition of Cartels (European Competition Law Annual)

This Is The Eleventh In The Series On Eu Competition Law And Policy Produced By The Robert Schuman Centre Of The European University Institute In Florence. The Volume Reproduces The Materials From A Roundtable Debate Which Examined The Enforcement Of The Prohibition On Cartels. The Workshop Participants â?” Senior Representatives Of The Commission And Of The National Competition Authorities Of Some Ec Member States, Renowned International Academics, And Legal Practitioners â?” Discussed The Economic And Legal Issues That Arise In This Particular Area, Including The Unearthing Of Cartels â?” The Evidence, The Institutional Framework, And The Tools Of Enforcement. 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 "This is the eleventh in the series on EU Competition Law and Policy produced by the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence. The volume reproduces the materials of the roundtable debate which examined the enforcement of the prohibition on cartels. The workshop participants - senior representatives of the Commission and the national competition authorities of some EC Member States, renowned international academics and legal practitioners - discussed the economic and legal issues that arise in this particular area, including: 1) unearthing cartels: the evidence; 2) the institutional framework and 3) tools of enforcement."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Part of the series on EU Competition Law and Policy, this volume reproduces the materials of the roundtable debate which examined the enforcement of the prohibition on cartels