An Investigation into Financial Sanctions within Competition Law

According to the Competition Law, financial sanctions are the most significant sanctions considered by legislators. They are used in cases of anti-competitive practices regarding Law on implementation of General Policies of Principle (44) of the constitution. These sanctions include confiscation of property, surplus income refund and financial penalties.Investigation and analysis of the sanctions prove that there are some ambiguities and problems which require legislators to make amendments. In addition, evaluating the deterrence effect of the fine with comparing the way they were legislated in the above-mentioned law with the model offered for an optimized fine, show that in many cases, enforcement is not efficiently deterrent because there is no balance between violation and the enforcement. In this condition, to improve regulatory compaliance for competition law, imprisonment is suggested as a preventative complementary to control breaches and avoid further violations.