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2020 | 13 | 21 | 187-218

Article title

Dawn Raids and the Role of Forensic IT in Antitrust Investigations

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Si les marchés numériques suscitent une grande attention de la part de la communauté antitrust, des évolutions importantes ont également lieu en ce qui concerne la manière dont les enquêtes antitrust sont menées et dont les preuves sont préservées. De plus en plus d’actions des autorités antitrust sont fondées sur la capacité à trouver et à préserver les preuves numériques d’une activité illégale. Le présent article se concentre sur les développements récents de la jurisprudence concernant l’approche de l’informatique juridique dans l’application de la legislation antitrust et examine si les autorités antitrust disposent d’une marge de manoeuvre suffisante pour exercer correctement leurs pouvoirs. L’article se concentre sur les développements procéduraux au niveau de l’UE et dans une juridiction nationale de l’UE, la Pologne. L’article conclut que l’approche actuelle ne permet pas d’utiliser pleinement les capacités disponibles. Une proposition est faite pour une approche alternative, qui bénéficierait d’une application efficace de la legislation antitrust et d’une procédure régulière.
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While digital markets attract much attention of the antitrust community, important developments also take place in relation to the way antitrust investigations are handled and evidence is preserved. More and more enforcement actions of antitrust authorities rely on the ability to find and preserve digital evidence of an illegal activity. This article focuses on recent case law developments in relation to the approach to forensic IT in antitrust enforcement and investigates whether enough leeway is left to the antitrust authorities to properly discharge their powers. The article focuses on the procedural developments at the EU level and in one EU national jurisdiction, i.e. Poland. The article concludes that the current approach to forensics in antitrust does not allow to use available capabilities to a full extent. A proposal is made for an alternative approach, which would benefit effective antitrust enforcement and due process.

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13

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21

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187-218

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2020

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  • Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów

References

  • Andersson, H. (2018). Due Process Aspects on the European Commission’s Dawn Raid Practices. Hart Publishing, https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509920181.
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  • International Competition Network (2014). Anti-Cartel Enforcement Manual: Chapter on Digital Evidence Gathering.
  • Michałek, M. (2015). Right to Defence in EU Competition Law: The Case of Inspections. Warsaw: University of Warsaw Faculty of Management Press.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2018a). Investigative Powers in Practice: Unannounced Inspections in the Digital Age (DAF/COMP/GF(2018)7).
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2018b). Investigative Powers in Practice – Contribution from the European Commission (DAF/COMP/GF/WD(2018)25).
  • Polley, R. (2013). Digital Evidence Gathering in Dawn Raids – A Risk for the Company’s Rights of Defense and Fundamental Rights. 20th St. Gallen International Competition Law Forum ICF.
  • Van der Woude, M. (2019). Keynote Speech, Chillin’Competition Conference.

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Publication order reference

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Biblioteka Nauki
2158990

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bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_7172_1689-9024_YARS_2020_13_21_7
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