The settlement procedure speeds up the Commission\u2019s investigations into cartels by simplifying the various procedures when companies admit their guilt.
\nThis allows the Commission to handle more cases with the same resources, deliver effective and timely punishment and strengthen overall deterrence.
\nFor more information, see:<\/p>\n\n
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Notice on the conduct of settlement procedures It sets out the procedures and criteria for rewarding companies \u2014 through lower penalties \u2014 which admit to the European Commission that they have participated in an illegal cartel. It provides guidance for the legal and business communities. The anti-competitive behaviour prevents the single market from operating smoothly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18668,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12309\/revisions\/18668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}