SYSTÉM OCHRANY HOSPODÁRSKEJ SÚŤAŽE PODĽA ČLÁNKU 55 ODS. 2 ÚSTAVY SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY

• Authors: Lapšanský Lukáš

Title variants

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System of protection of competition according to Section 55 paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The Section 55 paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic stipulates a positive obligation of the State to protect competition. This obligation is imposed on all public authorities, i.e. both the legislator and the bodies applying legal regulations. The public authorities are obliged to provide free access to the market and equality of the rules of conduct of the competitors on the market. When assessing the fulfilment of the legislator´s obligation to ensure equality of the rules of conduct of competitors on the market, the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic has developed an interesting case-law on admissibility of the criteria for distinguishing among competitors. Activities without economic substance are fully excluded from the scope of application of Section 55 paragraph 2 of the Constitution. For some activities with economic substance the obligation to protect competition is limited or excluded by other public interest.

Keywords

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ECONOMIC COMPETITION; CONSTITUTION; CONSTITUTIONAL COURT; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 100
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 576 – 594

Contributors

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Lapšanský Lukáš

• Ústav štátu a práva SAV, Bratislava, Slovak Republic