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René Smits
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René Smits
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As chief general counsel of the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa), professor Smits has been responsible for overseeing the preparation of new fining guidelines for infringements of competition law and energy and transport law, the enforcement of which has been entrusted to NMa, resulting in the adoption of the NMa Fining Code 2007. He also contributed to the adoption by the European Competition Authorities of the Principles for convergence in respect of pecuniary sanctions imposed on undertakings for material infringements of antitrust law.
Among his areas of focus is the process initiated by the European Commission towards more effective private enforcement of competition law in Europe. See the Commission’s White Paper on actions for damages (April 2008). On competition law, see his publications, notably The European Competition Network: selected aspects in Legal Issues of Economic Integration 32 (2): 175-192, 2005, and On Parallel Trade and Preliminary Issues - a Healthy Approach to Competition Law Enforcement?, a note to the judgment of the European Court of Justice of 31 May 2005 in Case C-53/03, Syfait and Others v. GlaxoSmithKline plc and GlaxoSmithKline AEVE, [2005] ECR I-4609) in Legal issues of economic integration 33(1): 61-83, 2006.
As chief general counsel of the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa), professor Smits has been responsible for overseeing the preparation of new fining guidelines for infringements of competition law and energy and transport law, the enforcement of which has been entrusted to NMa, resulting in the adoption of the NMa Fining Code 2007. He also contributed to the adoption by the European Competition Authorities of the Principles for convergence in respect of pecuniary sanctions imposed on undertakings for material infringements of antitrust law.
Among his areas of focus is the process initiated by the European Commission towards more effective private enforcement of competition law in Europe. See the Commission’s White Paper on actions for damages (April 2008). On competition law, see his publications, notably The European Competition Network: selected aspects in Legal Issues of Economic Integration 32 (2): 175-192, 2005, and On Parallel Trade and Preliminary Issues - a Healthy Approach to Competition Law Enforcement?, a note to the judgment of the European Court of Justice of 31 May 2005 in Case C-53/03, Syfait and Others v. GlaxoSmithKline plc and GlaxoSmithKline AEVE, [2005] ECR I-4609) in Legal issues of economic integration 33(1): 61-83, 2006.
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