Raport anual 2010 - Consiliul Concurenţei

COMPETITION COUNCIL
39 economic concentrations have been authorised. The value of the authorising
taxes was of 6,805,772 Lei.
Decisions
59 decisions have been issued, out of which the majority (65%) have envisaged
economic concentrations. 12% have been sanctioning decisions.
Graph no.13. The type of the decisions issued in 2010, compared to 2009
Compared to 2009, the decrease of the total number of decisions issued in 2010 was
mainly the result of the fact that fewer decisions have been issued in the field of
economic concentrations. This evolution can be explained by the present economic
and financial context that has influenced the merger and acquisition process in the
Romanian economy, which has resulted in a diminished number of economic
concentrations analysed by the Competition Council.
Detailed information on the enforcement of the competition legislation in 2010 is
presented in the Statistics section.
The leniency policy
The Leniency Module, which is intended to provide the interface between the
institution and the companies submitting applications in accordance with the
Instructions of the Competition Council on the application of the leniency policy, is
functioning at the level of the Romanian competition authority since 2009.
In 2010, the Competition Council has developed a distinct project for using this tool,
which produced the expected results: to prove and sanction the first cartel through
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