Implementing the ECN+ Directive in Lithuania: Towards an Over-enforcement of Competition Law?

Abstract

In 2018, the ECN+ Directive was issued with a goal to grant stronger powers to national competition authorities while enforcing competition law. This article analyses how the legal provisions of the ECN+ Directive have already been implemented in the Lithuanian Law on Competition, and considers what further changes may need to be made in order to fully implement the ECN+ Directive in the national law. It elaborates on the legal challenges while implementing the aforementioned Directive and provides a critical view on some of the amendments that have already been made.

Keywords

• ecn+ directive
• lithuanian law on competition
• commitment decision
• structural remedies
• association of undertakings
• parental liability
• leniency
• interim measures