Transparenz im Kartellverfahren der Europäischen Union

The notion of transparency has attracted more and more attention in legal discussions within the recent past. Even though its content remains vague, the term is intricately connected with the fundamental idea of procedural justice which, due to the intensity by which European antitrust rules interfere with individual rights, is of particular importance in European antitrust law. The book offers an analysis of European antitrust proceedings in light of the principle of transparency being anchored in European primary law and other international legal systems. The analysis aims at identifying existing transparency deficits in European antitrust proceedings and at evaluating such deficits in the wider context of colliding legal interests.