The Spanish decentralized competition enforcement system: When David met Goliath

Noemí Angulo Garzaro and Amaya Angulo Garzaro
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Noemí Angulo Garzaro: Department of Security of the Basque Government
Amaya Angulo Garzaro: Department of Tourism, Trader and Consumer of the Basque Government

EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 2019, vol. 95, issue 01, 255-273

Abstract: When it comes to the enforcement of Competition law, the Spanish system is characterized by its decentralization, which entitled the transference of certain competences from the central government to regional governments. While the benefits of the referred decentralization are diverse, the existence of a multidivisional plurality of competition enforcers forces to resort to conflict management techniques in order to allocate the competent organization to hear over a particular competition law infringement. However, given the practice of the Junta consultiva en materia de conflictos de competencia, the different level playing field for the national competition authority and the regional competition authorities in relation with the system to solve disputes regarding the attribution of competences damages the decentralized enforcement system recognized in the Spanish Constitution.

Keywords: decentralization; competition law enforcement; regional competition authorities; attribution of competences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D18 K21 L44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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