Directive (EU) 2019/1 as Another Brick into Empowerment of Slovak Market Regulator

• Authors: Hana Kováčiková

Abstracts

FR

L’article analyse les défis juridiques qui ont été soumis au droit slovaque de la concurrence par la directive (UE) 1/2019 afin d’habiliter les autorités de concurrence des États membres à mieux faire respecter les règles et à assurer le bon fonctionnement du marché intérieur. L’auteur a choisi des questions particulières du droit slovaque de la concurrence et il compare la situation nationale actuelle avec les éléments correspondants de la présente loi d’harmonisation. Dans cet article, une attention particulière est accordée au respect des garanties, à la réglementation des conflits d’intérêts, à l’examen de l’efficacité de l’application et à la possibilité pour les entreprises d’éviter leur responsabilité en cas de violation du droit de la concurrence. Du fait que les États membres ont jusqu’au 4 février 2021 pour transposer la directive, le présent article peut lancer le débat sur les améliorations à apporter à la legislation slovaque pour concrétiser les objectifs fixés dans cette directive.

EN

The paper analyses the legal challenges brought to the Slovak competition law by Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market. The author selected particular issues from Slovak competition law and compares the state-of-the-art national situation with corresponding parts of this harmonising act. In the paper, specific attention will be given to compliance with safeguards, to the regulation of conflict of interest, to the examination of the effectiveness of enforcement, and to the possibilities of undertakings to avoid their responsibility for the breach of competition law. As the Member States have time for the transposition until 4 February 2021, this paper may initiate the debate on what to improve in Slovak legislation to achieve the goals set in this Directive.

Keywords

EN

competition law; Antimonopoly Office; safeguards; principle of good; administration; right to the defence; right to be heard; right to access the file; conflict of interest; effectivity; enforcement; avoidance of responsibility

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 149-172

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Hana Kováčiková

• Comenius University in Bratislava

• https://orcid.org/0000000241580924

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2019.12.20.6

Biblioteka Nauki

2159130