Examples of using Leniency programme in English and their translations into Portuguese
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The Commission's leniency programme 56.
Our leniency programme has proved very successful, and has led to an increasing number of cartel investigations.
Clarify the relationships among the leniency programmes of the EU and the national enforcement agencies;
Other companies received reductions on their fines for their cooperation in the investigation under the Commission's leniency programme.
A number of Member States have also adopted leniency programmes() relating to cartel investigations.
Firstly, individual sanctions must not call into question our current system for controlling infringements,in particular, the leniency programme.
In terms of case work regarding hardcore cartels, the leniency programme continued to give rise to a steady stream of cases being reported to the Commission.
It may also come from individuals linked to a company who want to‘blow the whistle', oreven from cartel members themselves, making use of the leniency programme.
This is a very significant development for cartel enforcement in the Community as leniency programmes are the cornerstone of efficient cartel detection.
The success of the Commission's leniency programme, which has led to an increasing number of cartel investigations, is an encouraging sign of our policy's effectiveness.
To this end, the Commission andsome Member States have established leniency programmes applying these conditions.
The adoption of national leniency programmes is another trend which has been very marked:whereas only three Member States had a leniency programme in 2000, there are now 19.
One of the instruments at the disposal of competition law enforcers to carry out this objective is an effective leniency programme.
It will also greatly ease the decision of potential applicants to seek the benefit of leniency programmes as they can now be protected almost everywhere in the EU.
It would also be highly desirable for national leniency programmes to be brought closer into line with one another by means of a flexible and indirect harmonisation that could take the form of best practice.
Particular attention has been given to the issue of leniency applications in cartel investigations in order topreserve the efficiency of the EU and national leniency programmes where they exist.
The treaty, Regulation(EC) No 1/2003, the 2006 guidelines and the Communication on the leniency programme- also from 2006- all constitute a framework that is working reasonably well.
We applied a simulation method proposed by harrington and chang in 2009, which was calibrated based on a set of facts which are consistent with the institutional peculiarities in brazil,in particular the existence of a leniency programme.
In this respect it should be taken into account that operation of leniency programmes is generally helpful for private litigants in damages actions, as leniency programmes uncover secret cartels.
In addition to submitting pre-existing documents, undertakings may provide the Commission with voluntary presentations of their knowledge of a cartel andtheir role therein prepared specially to be submitted under this leniency programme.
For example, in 2007, thanks to the leniency programme, the Commission condemned a large scale lifts and escalators cartel and fined their members over €990 million see.
Particular arrangements have been found for the interface between exchanges of information between authorities pursuant to Article 11(2) and(3) andArticle 12 of Regulation 1/2003 and the operation of leniency programmes.
The cartel stopped in 2002,when DWK/Saarstahl revealed its existence under the EU Leniency Programme introduced that year, and the Commission carried out surprise inspections at the premises of the suspected members.
Under the Commission's leniency programme, immunity from fines can be available for the first undertaking to provide evidence of a cartel to the Commission, and a substantial reduction in fines for any subsequent applicant.
Flexibility regarding the amount andpayments should also be considered, along with the connection with leniency programmes, and even how to overcome the differences between the systems in the various Member States.
The Commission must ensure that the leniency programme is not misused to bring agreements to the attention of the Commission that previously would have fallen under the notification system that was abolished with the entry into force of Regulation(EC) No 1/2003.
The meeting with public prosecutors explored the following issues: selection of cases for criminal prosecution and discretion to prosecute; gathering of evidence;interplay between leniency programmes and criminal prosecution; formal and informal relationships between prosecutors and competition authorities.
In writing.-(ET) Parliament's report emphasises the usefulness of leniency programmes in exposing cartel agreements, andI am glad to be able to say here that a draft leniency programme is presently being discussed in the Estonian parliament.
In this context and in connectionwith the leniency programme, it should be underlined, however, that even companies with recidivistic behaviour can still qualify for leniency ifthey choose to cooperate with the Commission.
In the absence of a European Union-wide system of fully harmonised leniency programmes, an application for leniency to a given authority is not to be considered as an application for leniency to any other authority.