Judicial review in competition cases in Croatia: Winning and losing arguments before the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia

• Authors: Dubravka Akšamović

Abstracts

FR

L’article donne un aperçu systématique du contrôle judiciaire des decisions de l’Agence croate de la concurrence en Croatie. En particulier, la première partie expose la manière dont le modèle applicable de contrôle judiciaire et les pouvoirs de l’Agence croate de la concurrence ont été modifiés au fil des ans. La partie centrale du document est dédiée au modèle actuel de contrôle judiciaire des décisions de l’Agence croate de la concurrence, aux pouvoirs de la Haute Cour administrative de la République de Croatie et à la portée du contrôle judiciaire dans les affaires de concurrence. Dans la dernière partie de l’article, l’auteur présente les résultats d’une analyse des motifs de recours les plus et les moins efficaces dans les affaires de concurrence devant la Haute Cour administrative de la République de Croatie au cours de la période de cinq ans (de 2015 à 2020). Dans la conclusion, l’auteur propose un examen critique de la qualité et de l’adéquation du modèle actuel de contrôle judiciaire dans les affaires de concurrence en Croatie, et suggère des changements qui pourraient entraîner des améliorations considérables.

EN

The paper provides a systematic insight into judicial control of Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) decisions in Croatia. Its first part will explain how the applicable model of judicial control and CCA powers were changed over the years. The central part of the paper will be dedicated to the current model of judicial control of CCA decisions, to the powers of the High Administrative Court of Republic of Croatia (HACRC) and to the scope of judicial review in competition cases. In the last part of the paper, the author will present the results of a survey on the most successful and unsuccessful appeal arguments in competition cases before the HACRC in the five year period from 2015 until 2020. In its conclusion, the author will give a critical review of the quality and adequacy of the current model of judicial control in competition cases in Croatia, and will suggest changes that would, in the authors view, result in significant improvements.

Keywords

EN

competition law; standard and intensity of judicial review; procedure; High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia; Croatia

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 22
• Pages: 7-26

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Dubravka Akšamović

• University of Osijek, Faculty of Law

• https://orcid.org/0000000347147440

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2020.13.22.1

Biblioteka Nauki

2159027