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Porträtt av Sanja Bogojevic. Foto.

Sanja Bogojevic

Gästprofessor

Porträtt av Sanja Bogojevic. Foto.

Deterring the State and the Firm: Two systems of deterrence under EU law?

Författare

  • Sanja Bogojevic
  • Nicolas Petit

Summary, in English

This paper sheds light on the existence of a differential deterrence regime in EU law, depending on whether the State or the firm is the addressee of a legal obligation. To that end, we review two areas of EU law – environmental law and competition law. Both disciplines employ fines to deter the State and the firm respectively from violating their specific duties under the Treaty: the ‘duty to transpose’ with regard to State obligation under environmental law, and the ‘duty to compete’ in relation to firms under competition law. We show how the deterrence regime is softer on the State in at least three ways: functionally (purpose ascribed to the penalties), operationally (method followed to set and liquidate the penalty), and procedurally (requiring prior judicial approval as opposed to having immediate applicability). These findings are significant for two reasons: they suggest a State versus firm discrepancy in the EU’s deterrence regime, and serve to initiate a debate on the desirability of such a divide.

Publiceringsår

2016

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

55-89

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Colombia Journal of European Law

Volym

23

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Ämne

  • Law

Nyckelord

  • EU law
  • Competition law
  • Environmental Law
  • Miljörätt
  • Miljörätt
  • EU-rätt
  • Konkurrensrätt

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1076-6715