- Volume 3 (2019), Issue 4
- Vol. 3 (2019), No. 4
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- Pages 354 - 362
- pp. 354 - 362
The arguments that have been made against using intent evidence in EU antitrust enforcement are not conclusive. On the contrary, because of the difficulties of conducting economic analyses of the effects of commercial conduct, it makes sense to look at the intentions of the persons engaging in that conduct to interpret their behaviour. Also for the punishment of anticompetitive behaviour, the presence or absence of anticompetitive intentions should be relevant.
Keywords: Antitrust, Intent, Enforcement