Abstract

The interest in antitrust compliance and respective compliance programs has become more important in recent years, especially in the context of increasingly severe sanctions that can be imposed on entrepreneurs for failure to comply with national and EU laws prohibiting competition restricting agreements and abuse of a dominant position, as well as concerning control of concentrations. The company bodies, including the management board, playa special role in ensuring compliance of anentrepreneur’s activity with competition law, in particular by way of implementing appropriate compliance programs, which should take into account specificity of anorganization. Although it is disputablewhether the implementation of an antitrust compliance program by an entrepreneur may constitute a mitigating circumstance when an infringement isdetected, there is a consensus that an effective compliance program is able toprevent an infringement and protect anentrepreneur against negative consequences resulting therefrom.