The paper looks at how to revamp the procedural framework for enforcing competition law in the EU, adapting it to the challenges of the digital economy while making sure enforcement stays effective and companies' rights of defense are protected.
Among the main proposals included are:
(i) Modernizing investigative tools, incorporating digital preservation orders and interviews under guarantee, to adapt the Commission's actions to current technological realities.
(ii) Strengthening provisional measures, restoring the possibility for complainants to request them and establishing deadlines and internal mechanisms to ensure their agility and control.
(iii) Improving access to files through flexible confidentiality systems (confidentiality rings) that reconcile the protection of sensitive information with the right of defense.
(iv) Moving towards greater regulatory consistency by reducing the fragmentation resulting from the coexistence of stricter national rules on unilateral conduct.
The full contribution is available on the AEDC website: aedc.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AEDC2025-10-01eurevisionregulation1-2003.pdf
For more information:
Inés Falquina (ines.falquina@regula.law)