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Romanian Abstract: Articolul trece in revista principalele consecințe ale incalcarii regulilor de concurența. Cel mai adesea astfel de incalcari rezulta in aplicarea unor amenzi, care sunt printre cele mai ridicate in sistemtul de drept administrativ (pâna la 10% din cifra de afaceri in anul fiscal precedent aplicarii sancțiunii) și care sunt in centrul eforturilior pentru a preveni comportamentele anticoncurențiale. In plus, autorii incalcarilor pot fi obligați sa plateasca despagubiri celor afectați de acțiunilor lor iar persoanele fizice care sunt implicate in inițierea și coordonarea unui cartel pot atrage raspunderea lor penala - pedepse cu inchisoarea sau amenzi penale - dar aceste sancțiuni sunt inca puțin aplicate in România și datorita acestui fapt nu au inca același impact cu cel al amenzilor contravenționale. In ceea ce privește sancțiunile contravenționale, articolul discuta in ce masura o sancțiune contravenționala minora, așa cum este avertismentul, este aplicabil intr-o legislație care este cunoscuta mai degraba datorita nivelului ridicat at sancțiunilor. Articolul argumenteaza ca posibilitatea de a aplica un avertisment pentru incalcarea regulilor de concurența ar trebui clarificat intr-o viitoare modificare a legii concurenței, fie in sensul excluderii acesteia, cu desavârșire, fie prin prevederea ca in cazul unor incalcari cu impact redus autoritatea de concurența ar putea emite avertismente, impreuna cu ordine de incetare a incalcarii. English Abstract: This paper represents a brief review of the main sanctions which may apply in case of the infringement of the competition rules. Such infringement trigger the application of fines which are among the highest in the administrative law system (up to 10% of the turnover in the previous fiscal year) and are at the core of the efforts made to deter anticompetitive behavior. In addition, the infringers may be obliged to pay damages to those affected by their actions and the individual persons involved in the initiation or coordination of a cartel are subject to criminal sanctions – imprisonement or criminal fine - but the latest are less frequently applied in Romania and do not have, as such, the same consequences as the administrative fines. In respect of the administrative sanctions for the infringement of the anticompetitive behavior, the paper discuss whether or not an administrative low sanction such as the warning is applicable in a legislation which is famous rather for the high amount of the sanctions. The paper argues that such a sanction should not be used except for a very few situations. An extended usage of the warning would affect the efectivness of the competition law. The author considers that the possibiliy to apply a warning for the infringement of the competition rules should be clarified in a future amendment of the competition law, either in the sense of excluding it from the range of sanctions or by providing that the competition authority may issue a warning, together with cease-and-dessist orders.
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