Die 8. Novelle des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB) steht 2012 an. Der Kronberger Kreis fordert den Gesetzgeber dazu auf, bei dieser Gelegenheit die Geldbußenregelung entscheidend zu reformieren. Dabei sollte vor allem eine Reform des Verfahrens im Vordergrund stehen. Anklage und...

The ministerial proposal for a 10th amendment of the German competition law particularly addresses abuse control and seeks to tighten this pillar of competition policy against the background of the challenges from the digital economy. Next to extending the classic policy instruments of abuse...

Nowadays, merger control predominantly relies upon a strict analysis of the effects from merger and acquisitions on effective competition. However, there is scope for so-called public interest considerations in several European merger control regimes and recently a number of European politicians...