International Competition Law

  International Competition Law 1
Topic : International Competition Law: Cartel Case
Paper Type : Assignment
Word Count : 7500 Words
Pages : 30 pages
Referencing Style : Oxford Referencing
Education Level: Bachelors
International Competition Law: Cartel Case
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 International Competition Law 2
Executive Summary
The economic competition in the European view does not have a logical theory of efficiency in
allocating resources to the market of justice. The positive law proceeds at incriminating and
fining with arbitrarily fixed fine and players on different markets however not offering a
definition of what is meant by competition or free market. It delivers a sort of theory however;
some people argue that it is not coherent. The present paper discusses the various aspects of the
International competition law under the light cartel case of car glad in which EC decided to fine
the car glass suppliers Saint-Gobain, Pilkington, AGC and Soliver with 1.4 billion Euros for
being responsible for cartelizing and on the basis of the free competition theory.
Key Words: Cartel, car glass, competition law
 
 International Competition Law 3
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 2
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5
2. The International Competition Law ........................................................................................ 8
2.1. Why a competition law? ................................................................................................... 9
2.1.1. Theoretical Perspective ............................................................................................. 9
2.1.2. Types of offenses and requirements of competition law .......................................... 9
2.2. Sanctions on competition law ........................................................................................ 10
2.2.1. Penalties .................................................................................................................. 10
2.2.2. Competition authorities ........................................................................................... 10
3. The Cartel Case and the European Commission ................................................................... 11
4. Commencement of the infringement ..................................................................................... 12
4.1. 1998 ................................................................................................................................ 12
4.2. 1999 ................................................................................................................................ 13
4.3. 2000 ................................................................................................................................ 13
4.4. 2001 ................................................................................................................................ 14
4.5. 2002 ................................................................................................................................ 14
4.6. 2003 ................................................................................................................................ 14
5. The Leniency Programs ......................................................................................................... 15
5.1. Leniency programs in the fight against cartels................................................................... 15
5.1.1. Effective tool for obtaining best evidence ................................................................... 15
5.1.2. Leniency programs favor destabilize cartels ............................................................... 17
6. European Commission: the cartel of automotive glass case .................................................. 20
6.1. Background convicted .................................................................................................... 20
6.2. The premium for the information ................................................................................... 21
7. Fines for violating the Competition Law ............................................................................... 23
7.1. Purpose of the fines ........................................................................................................ 23
7.2. Calculating fines ............................................................................................................. 24
7.2.1. Percentage of sales value considered ...................................................................... 24
7.2.2. Duration ...........................................................................................................