카르텔에 대한 EU 위원회의 과징금 정책에 관한 고찰

The purpose of the competition law is to maintain and encourage competition in the market while enhancing the welfare of consumers. The ED competition law has another purpose of supporting the establishment of a single market. The European Commission has been 띠ing to protect its small and medium sized firms and consumers from large corporations ’ anticompetitive behaviour The EU seems to have strenghened its implementation and enforcement efforts of the competition law in recent years. As we expect to see a rising number of Korean firms entering the ED market, Korean corporations need to develop strategies to deal with the ED competition law. This article researched the situation of ED competition law enforcement against companies, the European commission’s role and enforcement power, some measurements of our companies and government in Korea, mainly centering around surcharge of European commission.