"An extract from The European Antitrust Review 2008, a Global Competition Review special report - www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com"
Except for differences in procedural law, Italian competition rules mirror those of the European Union. This article provides a brief overview of the applicable cartel law in Italy. The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has also recently been granted new powers, such as the power to adopt interim measures and to accept commitments and make them binding and finally the possibility to accept leniency applications. Some of the cases mentioned below give an example of how the ICA enforces these new rules.
Cartel law enforcement in Italy
The ICA is responsible for controlling (i) agreements that impede competition, (ii) abuses of dominant position and abuses of economic dependence, (iii) mergers and acquisitions that create or strengthen a dominant position with the effect of eliminating or restricting competition, (iv) misleading and comparative
