European Competition Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
General Introduction
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Restrictive agreements and abuse of dominant position
Title 1: Introduction
Title 2: Jurisdiction
Title 3: Initiation of Commission proceedings
Title 4: Preliminary investigations
Title 5: Administrative procedure
Chapter 1: Conditions for validity
Chapter 2: Interim measures
Chapter 3: Cease and desist orders
I: Principles
III: Determining the basic amount of the fine
Section 2: Ceiling
Section 3: Leniency program
Section 4: Payment
Section 5: Conditions for imposing fines
Chapter 5: Publication of the decision
Chapter 6: Statute of limitations
Chapter 7: Periodic penalty payment
Title 7: Remedies
Title 8: Civil sanctions
Part 4: Mergers
Part 5: State aid
265. Adjustment of the basic fine
1 minute de lecture
The Commission increases or decreases the fine in respect of the conduct of each undertaking. The Guidelines draw up a list of aggravating and mitigating circumstances .
1) Aggravating circumstances
The amount of the fine will be raised in case of aggravating circumstances. One of the most common aggravating circumstances is the repeated infringement . This means that there has been a previous ru …
