(Dis)Respect for Fundamental Rights in EU Competition Law Enforcement Proceedings Before National Authorities: In What Way Does Article 3 oif the ECN+ Directive Prove to be Open-Ended?

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40319-023-01353-4" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40319-023-01353-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40319-023-01353-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40319-023-01353-4</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

(Dis)Respect for Fundamental Rights in EU Competition Law Enforcement Proceedings Before National Authorities: In What Way Does Article 3 oif the ECN+ Directive Prove to be Open-Ended?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The ECN+ Directive gives more power to national competition authorities in order to make them more effective enforcers of EU competition law. However, Article 3 of the ECN+ Directive counterbalances this step by requiring that appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure respect for fundamental rights of undertakings in EU competition law enforcement proceedings. The aim of this article is to critically reflect on the requirements of the ECN+ Directive with respect to safeguards for the fundamental rights falling within the ambit of Article 3 of the ECN+ Directive and their implementation by EU Member States. To this end, the article provides first an overview of this provision. Second, the analysis verifies – by bringing together an overview of national laws – whether the very general Article 3 is able to harmonise the safeguards in question. A comparative set of examples from EU Member States, including in particular examples from Poland and the Czech Republic, shows how the way in which Article 3 is formulated invites national legislatures to misuse the potential of this provision. This results in undertakings continuing to face a state of disparity with respect to the level of protection of their fundamental rights in competition law enforcement proceedings between the various national competition authorities.

Název v anglickém jazyce

(Dis)Respect for Fundamental Rights in EU Competition Law Enforcement Proceedings Before National Authorities: In What Way Does Article 3 oif the ECN+ Directive Prove to be Open-Ended?

Popis výsledku anglicky

The ECN+ Directive gives more power to national competition authorities in order to make them more effective enforcers of EU competition law. However, Article 3 of the ECN+ Directive counterbalances this step by requiring that appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure respect for fundamental rights of undertakings in EU competition law enforcement proceedings. The aim of this article is to critically reflect on the requirements of the ECN+ Directive with respect to safeguards for the fundamental rights falling within the ambit of Article 3 of the ECN+ Directive and their implementation by EU Member States. To this end, the article provides first an overview of this provision. Second, the analysis verifies – by bringing together an overview of national laws – whether the very general Article 3 is able to harmonise the safeguards in question. A comparative set of examples from EU Member States, including in particular examples from Poland and the Czech Republic, shows how the way in which Article 3 is formulated invites national legislatures to misuse the potential of this provision. This results in undertakings continuing to face a state of disparity with respect to the level of protection of their fundamental rights in competition law enforcement proceedings between the various national competition authorities.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law

ISSN

0018-9855

e-ISSN

2195-0237

Svazek periodika

54

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

1081-1104

Kód UT WoS článku

001011509900003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85162257835