Non-competition factors in the European competition policy: The necessity of institutional reforms

André Schmidt

No 13, University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics from University of Goettingen, Department of Economics

Abstract: The European competition policy can look back at a successful forty-year old practice of application by the European Commission. However, non-competition factors in the competition policy has become more and more relevant with the increasing importance of the so called positive integration. In a multitude of merger and state aid cases such influence of non-competition factors can be shown. To protect the European competition policy from political influence and therefore from the influence of non-competition factors a new institutional framework for the European competition policy should be set up. The decision-making process in the field of competition policy should be institutionalised with an independent European Antitrust Office and with an independent State Aid Commission.

JEL-codes: F02 L40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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