Leniency – the Polish Programme and the ‘Semi-formal’ Harmonisation in the EU by the European Competition Network

• Authors: Kulesza Marcin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

When studying the legal character of the Polish leniency programme, one cannot overlook its origin and the harmonisation process of such programmes in the EU. From the beginning, the Polish programme has been, as it should be, bound to the EU programme and to the European Competition Network’s Model Leniency Programme. The paper briefly presents the European roots of the Polish leniency programme, its original convergence with the Commission’s programme and its current convergence with the Model Leniency Programme. In addition, the status of the Model Leniency Programme is analysed and questioned and its provisions are presented in the context of the evolution of Polish leniency. Some additions to the current Polish programme are suggested in conclusion.

Keywords

EN

antitrust enforcement; European Competition Network; harmonisation; leniency; Model Leniency Programme; Poland

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 8(11)
• Pages: 83-100

Dates

published

2015-06-30

Contributors

author

Kulesza Marcin

• PhD candidate at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej) in Warsaw and an associate at Wardyński & Partners in Warsaw

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Identifiers

ISSN

1689-9024