EU Competition policy and the European integration of the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe that acceded to the European Union
EU Competition policy and the European integration of the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe that acceded to the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The historical development of the EU competition policy has been instrumental for the structure of the Member States’ competition regimes, as well as for the legislative framework in the field of competition of a large number of countries beyond EU borders. This paper analysis how the provisions of the EU’s competition policy have been gradually adopted into national competition systems, either by voluntary convergence, or by preconditioning the access to the internal market of the Central and Eastern European countries pursuing EU accession to the alignment and harmonisation of the national legislation on competition to the EU competition provisions.

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