ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses enhanced international cooperation within transnational competition networks (TCNs). Soft and developed international cooperation has gradually become the standard for most members of TCNs. There have been calls to strengthen international cooperation, both by developing existing forms of cooperation and by introducing new, more advanced and innovative ones. Enhanced cooperation among national competition authorities (NCAs) would minimise duplication and maximise the efficiency of NCAs, imposing no excessive costs or burdens on companies and making the most effective use of all available resources. Furthermore, such cooperation could go beyond interactions between NCAs to include other actors that are involved in competition enforcement, such as courts and parliaments. Therefore, the title of this chapter reflects the broader range that it covers in comparison to previous chapters. New opportunities for enhanced administrative cooperation in competition cases could include one-stop-shop models (eg, for leniency or markers); the appointment of a lead jurisdiction in cross-border cases; joint investigative teams and cross-appointments; the recognition of decisions of NCAs or courts in other jurisdictions; the settlement of disputes concerning international cooperation between NCAs; cooperation at the judicial level; and cooperation at the parliamentary level.
