Europe’s competition policy – or extending the domain of integration

La politique de concurrence européenne ou l'extension du domaine de l'intégration

Sarah Guillou ()
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Sarah Guillou: OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po

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Abstract: The principle of "fair competition" was set out in the general principles of the Preamble to the Treaty of the European Communities (TEC) in 1957, as was the commitment that the Member States will enact policies to ensure this fairness. Competition policy – overseen by the Competition Directorate – is the benchmark policy for market regulation, but also for industrial strategy and, more recently, for fiscal regulation. The need for a competition policy flows directly out of Europe's project to establish a common market, and numerous attempts at industrial policy have come to grief on the altar of Articles 81 to 89 of the TEC (and now Articles 101 to 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), which establish the framework for competition. In practice, the two policies are clearly complementary in the European Union, and the space granted to the former develops thanks to the set of exceptions to the latter. [Firsts paragraphs]

Keywords: Industry; Common market; Industrial policy; Public support; Competition regulation; Industrie; Aides publiques; Contrôle de la concurrence; Marché commun; Politique industrielle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-03-24
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