摘要： 核心卡特尔是世界各国公认的最严重的竞争违法行为，打击核心卡特尔已经成为主要市场经济国家竞争机构的首要工作任务。由于核心卡特尔行为具有很强的隐蔽性，竞争机构传统上采用的调查和办案手段往往对其无法奏效。为了解决这一问题，各国纷纷制定了从内部瓦解卡特尔、鼓励卡特尔参与者自首的宽大方案。根据各国宽大方案，申请人必须满足一系列条件才能获得宽大，本文旨在考察主要市场经济国家宽大方案基础上，对宽大的必要条件进行深入的研究和分析，为我国相关制度的进一步发展提供一定借鉴。

关键词: 核心卡特尔 , 宽大方案 , 必要条件

Abstract: Hard—core cartels have been universally recognized as the most egregious anticompetitive activities and the high priority for most market economy countries’competitive regulation．As traditional approaches hardly effectively discover，investigate and prosecute such highly concealed violations，many countries have established leniency programs creating great incentives for cartel members to report the competitive enforcement agencies．According to leniency programs，applicants must fulfill a series of requirements in order to be granted final leniency，which is precisely the research target of this article．On the basis of studying main leniency programs in the world，this article tries to provide some valuable ideas in terms of the requirements for leniency．

Key words: Hard&mdash, Core Cartels；Leniency Programs；Requirements