Press Release: Commission finalises modernisation of the EU antitrust enforcement rules

The European Commission adopted on 30 March 2004 a series of documents which complete the landmark modernisation of the European Union's antitrust enforcement rules and procedures. The documents, which cover such things as treatment of complaints, the issuance of guidance letters and the functioning of the European Competition Network (ECN) linking the European family of competition authorities, will come into effect on the 1 May 2004 at the same time as the new antitrust enforcement regulation. The entire exercise is commonly referred to as the 'Modernisation Package'.