Law of Cartels

Mark Jephcott Senior Associate, Herbert Smith LLP With a Foreword by Peter Freeman CBE QC, Chairman of the UK Competition Commission

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments
Table of European Materials
Table of OFT Material

Part 1
EU and UK Civil Law
•‘Hard-Core’ Cartels in the EU and the UK
•The Civil Infringement under EU and UK Law
•Investigations by the Enforcement Agencies
•Fines
•Leniency
•Settlements

Part 2
Criminalisation of Cartels
•The Role of Criminal Enforcement
•Criminalisation of Cartels in the UK

Part 3
Practical Guidance in Relation to Cartels
•Dealing with the Anti-Cartel Enforcement Agencies and Global Cartels
•Dawn Raids
•Compliance

Appendix 1
European Commission Guidelines on the Method of Setting Fines
Imposed Pursuant to Article 23(2)(a) of Regulation No 1/2003
Appendix 2
European Commission Notice on Immunity from Fines and Reduction of
Fines in Cartel Cases
Appendix 3
OFT’s Guidance as to the Appropriate Amount of a Penalty
Appendix 4
Commission Notice on the Conduct of Settlement Procedures in view of
the Adoption of Decisions pursuant to Article 7 and Article 23 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 in Cartel Cases
Index