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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8150

14 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission adopts new rules to encourage companies to provide information on cartels

Brussels, 13/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - As we announced, the Commission has unanimously adopted a communication in which it introduces new rules for companies which provide information on cartels. This new policy of leniency is an update of its 1996 paper in which the Commission provided, for the first time, for not imposing fines or a reduced fine on companies that help it discover and prosecute cartels. This policy enabled for the adoption, in 2001 alone, of ten decisions on cartels in...

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