European Union Merger Control Rules as a Source of Law in The Republic of Serbia Cover Image

ПРОПИСИ ЕВРОПСКЕ УНИЈЕ O КОНТРОЛИ КОНЦЕНТРАЦИЈА КАО ИЗВОР ПРАВА У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ
European Union Merger Control Rules as a Source of Law in The Republic of Serbia

Author(s): Ivana Ž. Rakić
Subject(s): EU-Legislation
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: merger control; control of concentrations; competition law; application of EU law; harmonization; Agreement on Association and Stabilization; Serbia; EU law

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author deals with legal grounds for application of European Union merger control rules in merger control proceedings in Republic of Serbia. The author explains the conditions for possible application of EU merger control rules by Commission for Protection of Competition and courts, and points out that enforcement authorities in Serbia do not have a duty to directly apply EU law. According to the Article 72 of the Stabilization and Association Agreement, they are obliged to properly implement and enforce domestic merger control rules resulting from harmonization with the EU law, which means that it is important to properly interpret such rules, i.e. to interpret them in accordance with the EU law.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2014
  • Issue No: 67
  • Page Range: 273-289
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian