Energy Transition Enhanced by the European Green Deal – How National Competition Authorities Should Tackle This Challenge in Central and Eastern Europe?

• Authors: Marcin Kamiński

Abstracts

FR

Le Green Deal européen (GDE) prévoit des objectifs politiques très ambitieux, notamment en matière de transition énergétique et de décarbonisation. Le droit de la concurrence joue également un rôle dans la réalisation des objectifs fixés par le Green Deal européen. Alors que de nombreuses autorités nationales de la concurrence (ANC) ont déjà publié des actes pertinents et pris des mesures importantes concernant les pratiques liées à le GDE, les ANC d’Europe centrale et orientale n’ont pas encore institué de mesures initiales en faveur de cette politique. Cet article propose des actions institutionnelles pertinentes qui peuvent être utilisées par les ANC d’Europe centrale et orientale compte tenu de la situation actuelle de leurs marchés énergétiques nationaux, de leurs mix énergétiques ainsi que des efforts existants.

EN

The European Green Deal (EGD) provides very ambitious policy goals, particularly related to energy transition and decarbonisation. Competition law also plays a role in the accomplishment of the objectives set in the European Green Deal. While many National Competition Authorities (NCAs) have already issued relevant acts and taken significant actions regarding practices related to the EGD, the NCAs from Central and Eastern Europe (CCE) have not yet instituted any initial actions towards this policy. This article proposes relevant institutional actions which may be used by NCAs in the CEE region given the current situation in their national energy markets, energy mixes as well as existing endeavours.

Keywords

EN

European Green Deal; National Competition Authorities; Central and; Eastern Europe; sustainability; environmental agreements; guidelines

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 23
• Pages: 101-122

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Marcin Kamiński

• Uniwersytet Warszawski

• https://orcid.org/0000000330364297

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2021.14.23.4

Biblioteka Nauki

2158722