The resurrection of the comfort letter : back to the future?

ÜNEKBAŞ, Selçukhan

doi:10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2022.15.25.2

The resurrection of the comfort letter : back to the future?

dc.contributor.author	ÜNEKBAŞ, Selçukhan
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-01T11:33:10Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-01T11:33:10Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description	Published online: 28 November 2022	en
dc.description.abstract	Pandemic-induced economic shocks saw the European Commission and national competition authorities adopt so-called comfort letters to provide guidance, assurance, and legal certainty to undertakings in order to help mitigate the detrimental effects of the crisis. Whereas it is true that desperate times may call for desperate measures, the fact that the Commission continues to issue comfort letters for initiatives with little relevance to the ongoing emergency raises questions. This article analyzes the re-emergence of comfort letters from the viewpoints of legal basis and certainty. It finds that the foundations upon which the letters are constructed are shaky, which translates into the fostering of uncertainty. In that regard, explored are alternatives for Union enforcers to deploy a robust bespoke guidance regime for the future.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Yearbook of antitrust and regulatory studies, 2022, Vol. 15, No. 25, pp. 37-61	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2022.15.25.2
dc.identifier.endpage	61	en
dc.identifier.issn	1689-9024
dc.identifier.issue	25	en
dc.identifier.startpage	37	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/75081
dc.identifier.volume	15	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
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dc.publisher	University of Warsaw, Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Yearbook of antitrust and regulatory studies	en
dc.relation.uri	https://yars.wz.uw.edu.pl/yars-release-2017-2020/46-yars-2022-vol-15-25.html	en
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en
dc.rights.license	Attribution 4.0 International	*
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dc.title	The resurrection of the comfort letter : back to the future?	en
dc.type	Article	en
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