Competition and Competitiveness in a new Economy

The publication brings together the statements delivered during the Discussion Forum organised by the Austrian Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour, Martin Bartenstein, on 24 January 2002. Included is a summary view from the EU Competition Commissioner on new developments of Community competition policies, a general view of how to reform Austrian competition policies as well as internal market related issues concerning the Cardiff process and barriers to services. A number of articles are devoted to sectoral regulation in the electricity, railway, postal services and financial services sector as well as on the regulation of shop-opening hours. The discussion results were envisaged to feed into the policy strategies of the Austrian Government as well as into the Minister's interventions on EU level.