Four Years of Self-Assessment Under Regulation 1

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Paul Lugard, Sylvia van Es, Oct 31, 2008

Regulation 1/2003, the cornerstone of the modernization of the European antitrust enforcement rules and procedures, entered into force on May 1, 2004. The prime objective of Regulation 1/2003 was to bring about a more effective enforcement system by enabling the Commission to concentrate its resources on the prosecution and punishment of anticompetitive practices rather than the ex ante scree