The Comparative Analysis on Aspects of Leniency Program Enforcement in Anticompetitive Cartels Sphere

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The Comparative Analysis on Aspects of Leniency Program Enforcement in Anticompetitive Cartels Sphere Leniency Program as a means of detecting and cracking cartel activities has some considerable interests which can provide Competition authorities with a proper chance for eliminating anti competition activities in cartel sphere. Leniency Program, with its lure of leniency in exchange for self reporting and full cooperation, has been increasingly used and has proved its efficiency. Having clarified the notion and domain of leniency program, this paper in comparative study, is going to analyzing its important aspects and enforcement conditions regarding different approaches of legal systems and decisions made by competition authorities and their procedures. The results indicate that Iranian competition law which has ignored such efficient plan should address this deficiency and make some serious modifications.Key words: Leniency Program, Amnesty program, Competition remedies, Competition law, Cartel, Commercial lawThe Comparative Analysis on Aspects of Leniency Program Enforcement in Anticompetitive Cartels

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  • Receive Date: 07 December 2017
  • Revise Date: 02 March 2020
  • Accept Date: 03 March 2020

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