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Fünf Fragen an Jacques Steenbergen

Fünf Fragen an Jacques Steenbergen

Prof. Dr. Jacques Steenbergen

Prof. Dr. Jacques Steenbergen
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You are the head of a small agency in a small country with the big brother living next door. Still, the activities of your agency get noticed abroad. How do you manage? What cases do you pick?

You should ask others why they notice us! Our prioritization method and priorities are not very different from other authorities. We try, with limited resources, to take well researched and reasoned decisions. We have been helped in recent years by an increasing number of complaints about art. 101 TFEU infringements (mainly in respect of vertical agreements), while complaints were in the past almost only concerned with abuse cases.

Price monitoring is a distinct feature of the Belgian competition law. What is your experience with this specific competence?

The Competition authority has not yet been asked to use this competence introduced in the Belgian Code of Economic Law in 2013. But price monitoring is an important element of the