Independence of National Competition Authorities – Problem Solved by Directive 2019/1? Example of the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic

• Authors: Mária T. Patakyová

Abstracts

FR

Cette article analyse l’indépendance des autorités nationales de concurrence selon la législation avant Directive 1/2019 et après Directive 1/2019. Le but de cet article est de trouver la réponse de la question si Directive 1/2019 dénoue le problème de l’indépendance. Pour répondre à cette question, l’article analyse la notion de l’indépendance, surtout d’après des académiciens. Plusieurs aspects de l’indépendance sont identifiés. Puis, l’article s’oriente vers des imperfections de l’indépendance des autorités nationales de concurrence. L’autorité anti-monopolistique de la République Slovaque est analysée particulièrement. Le document examine ensuite quelles sont les conditions fixées par la Directive 2019/1 et si ces conditions répondent aux imperfections identifiées ci-dessus. L’article confirme que ces imperfections ne sont que partiellement couvertes.

EN

This paper analyses the independence of National Competition Authorities under legislation before Directive 2019/1 and after Directive 2019/1. The aim of the paper is to find out whether Directive 2019/1 addresses the problem of independence properly or not. In order to answer the question, it discusses what does the term ‘independence’ actually mean, especially in the view of scholars. Several aspects of independence are identified. Subsequently, this paper zooms in on what are current imperfections when it comes to the independence of National Competition Authorities. The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (AMO) is discussed in particular. The paper then finds out what are the requirements set out by Directive 2019/1 and whether these requirements address the imperfection identified above. The paper confirms that these imperfections are covered only partially.

Keywords

EN

Independence; National Competition Authorities; Antimonopoly Office; of the Slovak Republic; institutional design; Directive 2019/1

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 127-148

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Mária T. Patakyová

• Comenius University in Bratislava

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2019.12.20.5

Biblioteka Nauki

2159128