Transparency- Not Just a Vogue Word

I therefore intend to focus my attention on transparency issues as they relate to the decision-making process and leave out those issues relating to the legislative process. Moreover, I shall restrict myself to examining a few selected issues concerning the topic and shall base my examination principally on some of the more recent judgments of the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European Communities (together, “Community Courts”)

Legal Professional Privilege and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in EC Law: Recent Developments and Current Issues

I will focus my contribution on two distinct limitations on the Commision\u27s investigative rights in competition proceedings: (i)legal professional privilege ; and (ii) the privilege against self-incrimination. My intervention is divided into two sections. The first section describes the evolution of these two privileges and their current scope. The second section focuses on the issues raised by the application of legal professional privilege and the privilege against self-incrimination within the framework of Regulation No. 1/2003