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As a result of this decentralization process of European competition law, the national competition authorities and the national courts play an increasingly significant role in the implementation and enforcement of the European Union competition rules. The Commission together with the national competition authorities creates a network of competition authorities which is authorized to ‘detect and punish violations of Art. 101 and 102 TFEU. Notwithstanding the role of the Commission stays criticalcrucial. In particular the Commission informs the parties how the European Union’s rules must be applied and how this decentralization system of European competition law must be progressed through the stages imposed by the Regulation 1/2003.
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