Leniency (programme)

General term for the total or partial reduction of fines applied to firms that cooperate with antitrust authorities in cartel investigations. The current leniency programme of the Commission is the 2006 notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel...

Letter of formal notice

Letter the Commission sends to a Member State, in particular in application of Article 86 of the EC Treaty, when it is alleged that the Member State enacts or maintains in force a measure which is contrary to EU competition rules. A letter of formal notice is the...