Brussels, 05/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 4 November, the European Commission announced that it was to open a public consultation on giving additional powers to the national competition authorities.
Regulation 1/2003, which entered into force in 2004, gives the national competition authorities and national courts a key role in applying EU rules on restrictive practices of businesses and abuses of dominant positions. However, it makes no provision for the resources and instruments...