TY - BOOK ID - 25488679 TI - Sanctions in EU competition law : principles and practice PY - 2014 VL - 6 SN - 9781509907038 9781849465182 1849465185 1509907033 9781474201674 1474201679 9781782253815 1782253815 PB - Oxford : Hart Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Economic law KW - European Union KW - Antitrust law KW - Restraint of trade KW - Sanctions (Law) KW - Concurrence KW - Sanctions (droit) KW - Droit KW - Restrictions KW - Droit européen KW - Droit européen. KW - Antitrust law - European Union countries KW - Restraint of trade - European Union countries KW - Sanctions (Law) - European Union countries KW - Droit européen. KW - European Union countries. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25488679 AB - In the early decades of European integration the enforcement of EU competition law was highly centralised. Virtually all enforcement actions under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU were initiated by the European Commission. More recently the enforcement of EU competition law has become less centralised - many would say even decentralised. In 2004, essentially in an effort to increase enforcement capacity in the wake of EU enlargement, the involvement of Member State competition authorities was significantly reinforced by national authorities being given power to pursue infringements of EU competition law largely on the basis of their domestic enforcement regimes. This combination of decentralisation and enforcement autonomy raises questions about the relationship between EU law and national law, as well as about the costs of enforcement. This new book links these questions by analysing how competences in the area of sanctions are distributed between EU and national law, and how this influences the costs of enforcement. The author's conclusions, which highlight the economic implications of the choices made by competition authorities, courts and legislators, will be of use to all the above in further developing EU competition policy. The PhD thesis on which this book is based was declared runner-up in the 2013 Concurrences Awards ER -