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Contents:
1. Austria - Florian Neumayr
2. Belarus - Tatiana Ignatovskaya
3. Bulgaria - Nikolai Gouginski & Anton Petrov
4. Croatia - Boris Babic, Boris Andrejaš & Joško Perica
5. Czech Republic - Ivana Halamová Dobĩsková
6. Estonia - Tanel Kalaus & Martin Mäesalu
7. Hungary - Anikó Keller, János Vajda, Miklós Boronkay & Bence Molnár
8. Republic of Kazakhstan - Aidyn Bikebayev
9. Latvia - Dace Silava-Tomsone & Sandija Novicka
10. Lithuania - Irmantas Norkus & Ieva Sodeikaite
11. Poland - Aleksander Stawicki
12. Romania - Catalin Grigorescu, Cristina Mihai & Iulia Cojocaru
13. Russia - Vassily Rudomino, Ruslana Karimova, Ludmila Merzlikina & German Zakharov
14. Serbia - Darija Ognjenovic & Tijana Lalic
15. Slovakia - Tomáš Maretta & Marek Holka
16. Slovenia - Pavle Pensa & Simon Gabrijelcic
17. Turkey - Gönenç Gürkaynak
18. Ukraine - Igor Svechkar
19. Eurasian Economic Area - Vassily Rudomino & German Zakharov
Even though the development of competition law in the countries of the former Eastern bloc has been based to a significant extent on arrangements existing in the European Union – including the case law of European courts and various instruments developed by the European Commission – numerous substantial differences remain both in regulatory regimes and in ongoing practice among the various countries.
This first-ever practical survey of competition law in this region describes applicable regimes in sixteen of these countries, with additional country chapters on Austria and Turkey and a chapter on the role of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
The authors are specialists in competition law, and each is recognised as an expert in his or her country. Each of their chapters describes the competition law and practice of a specific country, and covers such topics as the following:
- applicable laws and regulations & the role of the soft law
- structure, human resources, and budget of the competition authority
- scope of powers of the competition authority
- triggering events and thresholds for merger control regimes
- substantive tests for merger review
- rules on anticompetitive agreements
- assessment of dominance
- investigations by the competition authorities
- inter-agency cooperation (internal and international)
- sanctions and remedies (administrative, criminal)
- leniency programs
- private enforcement
- special sector rules (e.g. energy, telecommunications)
- appeal process.
The authors describe the role competition plays in each country, while also providing insight into the actual capacity of bodies appointed to protect the freedom of economic activities. The book will be of value to professionals in this area of legal practice, whether in law firms, corporations, academia, government, or the judiciary.
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