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An Impact of the Leniency Program and the Institution of Settlement upon the Civil Enforcement of Competition Law
Knebel, Petr ; Šmejkal, Václav (advisor) ; Svoboda, Pavel (referee)
Impact of the Leniency Program and the Institution of Settlement upon the Civil Enforcement of Competition Law Keywords: competition law, leniency program, private enforcement of competition law The purpose of this thesis is to assess the mutual interference between the private and public enforcement of competition law. In the public enforcement there is growing trend of using modern tools such as leniency programme or settlement decisions. These are based on the cooperation between competition authorities and undertakings. On the other hand such cooperation and very often disclosure of confidential information by undertakings may threaten their position in terms of potential civil law suits by consumers or business partners. It is often claimed that private and public enforcement are complementary but when it comes to these modern tools a clear conflict arises. The thesis consists of two following two chapters. First chapter describes the evolution of private enforcement of competition law within EU. From its underdeveloped beginnings ten years ago it started to attract attention. European Commission has recently published a proposal of a directive which should foster the private enforcement within EU. Second half of the first chapter describes the development of new modern tools within the public...
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An Impact of the Leniency Program and the Institution of Settlement upon the Civil Enforcement of Competition Law
Knebel, Petr ; Šmejkal, Václav (advisor) ; Svoboda, Pavel (referee)
Impact of the Leniency Program and the Institution of Settlement upon the Civil Enforcement of Competition Law Keywords: competition law, leniency program, private enforcement of competition law The purpose of this thesis is to assess the mutual interference between the private and public enforcement of competition law. In the public enforcement there is growing trend of using modern tools such as leniency programme or settlement decisions. These are based on the cooperation between competition authorities and undertakings. On the other hand such cooperation and very often disclosure of confidential information by undertakings may threaten their position in terms of potential civil law suits by consumers or business partners. It is often claimed that private and public enforcement are complementary but when it comes to these modern tools a clear conflict arises. The thesis consists of two following two chapters. First chapter describes the evolution of private enforcement of competition law within EU. From its underdeveloped beginnings ten years ago it started to attract attention. European Commission has recently published a proposal of a directive which should foster the private enforcement within EU. Second half of the first chapter describes the development of new modern tools within the public...
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Comprehensive free trade area: description and case study (EU-South Korea)
Knebel, Petr ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (referee)
This paper gives description of comprehensive free trade area treaties and explains them using the example of agreement between European Union and South Korea. First chapter focuses on theoretical aspects of comprehensive free trade areas. Second chapter of this paper provides analysis of the potential of Korean economy. It also describes trade strategy of South Korea as far as regionalism is concerned. The third chapter deals with the content of the agreement between EU and South Korea and analyses the potential impact of this agreement on mutual trade relations of these two partners.
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WTO and regionalism - relationship of multilateralism and regional liberalization
Knebel, Petr ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Vondrušková, Barbora (referee)
This paper describes development of multilateralism and regionalism as a means of liberalization of international trade. The first chapter gives description of development of multilateral liberalization since the end of the Second World War till today. Second chapter deals with the development of regionalism and it aims especially at it's general characteristics. The last chapter depicts mutual relationship between regionalism and multilateralism and their influence on liberalization of international trade and understates possible future development in this relationship.
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