What EU ECN+ Directive 2019/1 - Empowering National Competition Authorities requires
Directive (EU) 2019/1 (ECN+ Directive) requires EU Member States to equip their national competition authorities (NCAs) with the independence, resources, and enforcement tools necessary to apply Articles 101 and 102 TFEU effectively. NCAs must be able to impose fines up to 10% of an undertaking's total worldwide turnover, conduct unannounced inspections, grant immunity or reduction under leniency programmes, and award interim measures. The Directive ensures a level playing field for competition enforcement across the EU.
Pillar: Competition & Antitrust · Authority: European Commission (Directorate-General for Competition); European Competition Network (ECN) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019L0001
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- Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 empowering the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market (ECN+ Directive), OJ L 11, 14.1.2019
- ECN+ Directive Article 4 - independence and resources: NCAs must be functionally and structurally independent of government and industry
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