EU cartel enforcement reconciling effective public enforcement with fundamental rights

Revised version of doctoral thesis, European University Institute (LAW), 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-512).

Introduction -- Overview of fundamental rights protection in EU competition law -- The European enforcement system and the due process institutional requirements -- Cartel investigations and fundamental rights -- The legal qualifications of a cartel infringement and effective enforcement -- The rules of evidence in EU cartel proceedings and fundamental rights -- The rules of attribution of liability : reconciling effective deterrence with the presumption of innocence -- The rules of cartel fining and fundamental rights -- General conclusion.