Competition Law

Valentin MIRCEA -Vice President, Romanian Competition Council Competition Policy International The European Commission eventually concluded, at the beginning of June, its long-­‐lasting workings on the proper framing of private actions for damages arising out of infringements of competition law. The three documents issued on June 11, 2013 – the proposed Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions, […]

Valentin Mircea, e-Competitions | N° 51789, www.concurrences.com Summary: The Romanian Competition Council issued recently its first guidelines, which supplement the EC Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to horizontal co-operation agreements – 2011/C 11/01. The object of these guidelines is quite rare: the approach […]

Valentin Mircea, e-Competitions | N° 51099, www.concurrences.com On 11 July 2012, the Moldavian Parliament approved, after extensive debates and consultations with all the stakeholders, the draft of the new competition law of Moldova, and the law has been enacted by the President of Moldova and it was published in the Official Gazette and came into […]

Valentin Mircea, e-Competitions | N° 59416, www.concurrences.com Romania is among the last countries in the European Union to have introduced the concept of the Legal Professional Privilege (“LLP”) in its national legislation. This took place in 2010 when the Romanian Competition Law (RCL) has been amended to a great extent and the relevant provision has […]