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EU’s Guersent says immunity applications ‘magically’ rise as agency takes ex officio route to cartels

By Khushita Vasant ( March 6, 2024, 14:57 GMT | Insight) -- The EU's antitrust authority is witnessing an increase in the number of immunity applications from cartelists since it rejuvenated enforcement through ex officio investigations, the bloc’s top competition official said today. “Ever since we rebuilt our pipeline of ex officio cases, we magically saw the number of immunity applications rising as well, and that includes no-poach agreements,” Olivier Guersent said.The EU's antitrust authority is witnessing an increase in the number of immunity applications from cartelists since officials rejuvenated enforcement through ex officio investigations, the bloc’s top competition enforcer said today....

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