EU Competition Enforcement and Human Rights

by Arianna Andreangeli

Overview

This book discusses the procedural rights enjoyed by those being investigated under Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty and of the Merger Control Regulation, and their right to challenge the Commission's decision in the Community Courts. It further assesses how their rights to 'due process' in competition proceedings before the European Commission comply with the notion of 'administrative fairness' enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights, in accordance with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

In this study, Arianna Andreangeli takes into account key developments such as modernisation and its impact on competition proceedings before the Commission, the debate on the principles of legal professional privilege, the protection against self incrimination, the rule of ne bis in idem and the possibility of establishing an 'EU competition court'. It offers an examination of the right to be heard, the right to have access to the Commission-held evidence, and to legal professional privilege, and the right to silence and to seek judicial review of Commission decisions and assess them in the light of the Strasbourg court's case law.

Academics active in the area of competition law, EU law and human rights, as well as practitioners active in the area of competition law will find much to interest them in this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847206329
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	10/29/2008
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Arianna Andreangeli, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh, UK

Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The Right to be Heard in EC Competition Proceedings between ‘Administrative Due Process’ and a Right to a ‘Fair Trial’ 3. Access to the Evidence in Competition Proceedings as a ‘Right of the Defence’ between Professional Secrecy and ‘Equality of Arms’ 4. Protection Against Forced Disclosure of ‘Sensitive Evidence’: The Legal Professional Privilege and the Privilege Against Self-incrimination in EC Competition Investigations and Procedure 5. Judicial Review of Competition Decisions: A Guarantee of Fairness in EC Competition Enforcement? 6. The Modernisation of the Enforcement of Articles 81 and 82 EC Treaty and the Right to a ‘Fair Procedure’ 7. Conclusions: ‘Article 6-proofing’ EC Competition Proceedings? Conclusions: The Future of Community ‘Due Process’ in Competition Cases Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'. . . Arianna Andreangeli's book can be strongly recommended. Academics and practitioners active in the field of competition law, EU law and human rights will certainly find much of interest in this book.'

Volker Soyez

'This book is well structured and well written. . . The volume represents an important contribution to the existing legal literature on fundamental rights protection in the EU legal order from a competition law perspective.'

Giacomo Di Federico