COMPETITION POLICY IN ROMANIA AFTER THE EU ACCESSION

Nela Ramona Grigore () and Elena-Mihaela Pavel ()
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Nela Ramona Grigore: Romanian American University
Elena-Mihaela Pavel: Romanian American University

Romanian Economic Business Review, 2013, vol. 8, issue 3.1, 64-70

Abstract: Prior to Romania’s accession to the EU, the Competition Council’s activity was mostly concentrated on the Romanian legislation’s compatibility with European competition legislation.After January 2007, since the Competition Council has acquired the power to directly apply the common rules on competition, attention has shifted to its effective contribution to competition’s protection on Romanian market by monitoring, identifying and sanctioning any distortive behaviour under competiton law’s provisions. In this context, the main purpose of this paper is to analyze Competiton Council’s activity during the pre and post accession period taking into account the number and also the types of issued decisions and comparing it with other European jurisdictions (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Germany).Our analysis revealed that the Competiton Council’s activity has been concentrated mostly on mergers and acquisitions, the same situation being registered also in other new members states analysed. In Romania, decisions covering economic concentrations are still at a significantly higher level than those regarding other anticompetitive practices.

Keywords: competition policy; Competition Council; decisions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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