How to Enhance the Enforcement of EU Competition Law in the Absence of Harmonized Procedural Rules? The Case of the Portuguese Competition Authority

Mariana Tavares, Jun 28, 2013

In 2012 a new Portuguese competition act (Law 19/2012) was enacted and entered into force introducing changes both to the substantive and procedural aspects of the competition regime in Portugal. The reform took into account the knowledge acquired during the nine years of enforcement of the former competition law (Law 18/2003) and the latest developments in European competition law and jurisprudence.

The amendment of the competition act was one of the measures prescri