| Series Title | European Voice |
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| Series Details | Vol.11, No.9, 10.3.05 |
| Publication Date | 10/03/2005 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 10/03/05 The European Commission is to step up its fight against cartel activity by setting up a directorate devoted exclusively to cartel enforcement, EU competition chief Neelie Kroes was announcing today (10 March). She was to tell lawyers at an International Bar Association conference that anti-cartel work should be an "even higher priority" during her time as commissioner. "I would see the creation of this new directorate as a concrete expression of the zero-tolerance policy the European Commission is committed to implement in the face of this most damaging type of anti-competitive practice," Kroes says. One EU lawyer said that the construction and chemical sectors were likely to face the brunt of investigations. Kroes also confirmed that the Commission would publish a green paper on how to encourage more lawsuits in the case of anti-competitive practices - known as private enforcement - by the end of 2005. "Not enough use is made of the courts," she says. The European Commission was to step up its fight against cartel activity by setting up a directorate devoted exclusively to cartel enforcement, the European Commissioner for Competition, Neelie Kroes, was announcing on 10 March 2005. |
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| Subject Categories | Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
