In this episode, Ms. Ivančica Bobek, a corporate lawyer based in Croatia discusses with Aditya Trivedi and Subhi Pastor about the Commitments under Croatia Competition Regime. They discuss about the objective of commitments in a competition regime and how commitments differ from the settlements. She comments on how the Croatian Competition Agency (“CCA”) views commitments and whether CCA accepts commitments for cartel infringements. Further, they also discuss if the excessive use of the commitments framework potentially is harmful
for competition regimes and the need of proper regulations to strike a balance. Lastly, they conclude by discussing some of the lessons that the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) must learn from the CCA
and the EC in light of Competition (Amendment) Bill,2023 which introduces the Commitments regime in India.