Politicizing EU Competition Policy

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Harmonization of the competition legislation of the Slovak Republic with competition laws of the EU and secondary legislation

All of these three regional arrangements have a supranational character, as in the case of the EU (which provides for common regional competition rules to be enforced by both the EU Commission and national competition authorities).

Unlike in the case of the EU competition provisions, NAFTA members have not committed themselves explicitly to developing any form of supranational competition law.

According to the analysts of the EU competition law rules, showing during the auction overall ranking instead of prices is preferable from competition law prospective.

The purpose of this extended training is to acquaint the trainees with the principles, objectives, and structures of competition law and policy within the member State and its interrelationship with EU competition policy.

It is a unique event in bringing together so many competition authorities (EU and all associated countries) on both antitrust and State aid.

It may, however, be noted that the EU South Africa agreement provides for substantive competition standards somewhat different from those prevailing under EU law by adopting a a substantial lessening of competition test in respect of controls on horizontal and vertical practices and by requiring controls on abuse of market power rather than abuse of a dominant position.

Similarly, the EU Mexico Decision simply provides that the parties shall apply their respective competition laws, without specifying what should be the content of these laws.

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Under the Europe agreements between the European Union and those Central and Eastern European countries which are not yet EU members, competition standards based upon European Union competition rules are applicable where trade between the European Union and the other signatory is affected.

However, it differs from these agreements in using standards that differ from those in EU competition rules (and resemble those in the South African competition law) to characterize such RBPs and in specifically making a link to the territory of the parties.

The potential of ERAs to exert a positive effect on competition, in particular by dismantling the preferential purchasing patterns in some States members of the European Union (EU), has been recognized in the recently enacted EU directives in the field of public procurement.

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Europeans should subject Russian investments in EU markets to greater scrutiny and use competition law to launch investigations into monopolistic practices and money laundering for existing investments. At the same time, EU members could target the interests of the individuals in the Kremlin elite by scrutinizing their purchases of Western assets, and even ban travel to the EU for human rights abusers.

The EU South Africa agreement appears to apply a combined trade and competition test, requiring RBPs to be controlled insofar as they affect trade between the parties, but referring for this purpose to practices affecting competition within the parties' respective territories which appears to amount to positive comity.

All competition authorities of CEECs receive the Competition Policy Newsletter.

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Competition law and competition authority could be introduced in due course.

They include, in particular, studies on Advocacy functions of competition authorities Competition aspects of the main WTO agreements Competition policy in countries in transition , FDI related issues of competition and RBPs and The development dimension of competition law and policy .

An addition, a new Competition Act has been enacted to enhance competition.

Under the EU Russian Federation agreement, for instance, the parties agree to remedy or remove, through the application of their competition laws or otherwise, restrictions on competition by enterprises or caused by State intervention insofar as they may affect trade between the parties in order to attain these objectives, the parties undertake to ensure that they have and enforce laws addressing restrictions on competition by enterprises within their jurisdiction.

Most telling in Russian eyes has been EU countries competition for oil and gas contracts, which has done much to convince the Kremlin that Europe is not a political force to be reckoned with.

The most important competition issue for developing countries, however, is reform of dumping duties. The US and EU keep out products from developing countries, alleging that they charge less than the cost of production.

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Regarding Cooperation Between Their Competition Authorities In the Enforcement of Their Competition Laws

The EU would invite non EU states to do likewise

The EU Republic of Korea agreement provides for exchanges of the following information on major concerns of the parties expert studies materials relating to current situations, experiences, and new developments in legislation and enforcement of competition policy and views with respect to multilateral competition initiatives, with particular attention to the fight against international hardcore cartels.

Ukraine (a) October 1995 Effective Competition Policy Enforcement (b) June 1996 Effective Competition Policy Enforcement (c) 23 27 June 1997 Effective Competition Policy Enforcement

A Competition Commission is established at the regional level to apply competition rules in respect of anti competitive cross border business conduct, promote competition in the Community and coordinate the implementation of the Community Competition Policy it is to collaborate on enforcement with national competition authorities.

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4. It should be recognized that in its widest sense, competition means survival of the fittest indeed, it has been said that competition kills competition .

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