Directive (EU) 2019/1 as Another Brick into Empowerment of Slovak Market Regulator
Directive (EU) 2019/1 as Another Brick into Empowerment of Slovak Market Regulator
Author(s): Hana KováčikováSubject(s): Economy, Law on Economics, EU-Legislation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: competition law; Antimonopoly Office; safeguards; principle of good administration; right to the defence; right to be heard; right to access the file; conflict of interest; effectivity; enforcement;
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the legal challenges brought to the Slovak competition law by Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market. The author selected particular issues from Slovak competition law and compares the state-of-the-art national situation with corresponding parts of this harmonising act. In the paper, specific attention will be given to compliance with safeguards, to the regulation of conflict of interest, to the examination of the effectiveness of enforcement, and to the possibilities of undertakings to avoid their responsibility for the breach of competition law. As the Member States have time for the transposition until 4 February 2021, this paper may initiate the debate on what to improve in Slovak legislation to achieve the goals set in this Directive
Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (YARS)
- Issue Year: 12/2019
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 149-171
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English