Focus on Competition Law Enforcement in E-commerce Sector in Serbia

• Authors: Darija Ognjenović , Ana Krstić Vasiljević

Abstracts

FR

Les autorités de la concurrence des pays européens en développement ont encore un long chemin à parcourir avant d’atteindre les normes européennes. Bien que la législation nationale des pays qui ne sont pas membres de l’UE soit en grande partie harmonisée avec la législation européenne, c’est au niveau de l’application que les obstacles sont traditionnellement les plus difficiles à surmonter. La Serbie ne fait pas exception à cette règle. La Serbie a connu sa part de problèmes lorsqu’elle a tenté de faire respecter les règles de protection de la concurrence. Alors que certaines de ces batailles sont encore en cours, l’autorité serbe de la concurrence doit désormais également faire face aux changements rapides qui accompagnent les marchés émergents, en particulier le commerce électronique. Bien que le commerce électronique en lui-même puisse faciliter les comportements anticoncurrentiels, il semble qu’il ait également eu l’effet d’un coup de pouce dont la Commission serbe pour la protection de la concurrence (CPC) avait bien besoin pour enfin se plonger dans les divers pouvoirs d’exécution qui lui ont été confiés.

EN

Competition authorities in countries in development in Europe have a long way to go until they meet the EU standards. Although the local legislation in non-EU members is harmonized with EU legislation for the most part, the enforcement part is the one where obstacles are traditionally more challenging, and Serbia is no exception to this rule. Serbia has had its share of problems when trying to enforce rules on protection of competition, and some of those battles are still being fought, however, the national competition authority now also needs to face rapid changes that come with emerging markets, especially e-commerce. Although e-commerce itself may facilitate anti-competitive behaviors, it seems that they may also have had an effect of a much-needed nudge for the Serbian Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) to finally dive into variety of enforcement powers that they have been entrusted with.

Keywords

EN

competition law enforcement; e-commerce; price monitoring mecha-; nisms; retail price maintenance; control of concentrations; Serbia; competition; advocacy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 27
• Pages: 111-131

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Darija Ognjenović

• Prica&Partners Attorneys at Law

• https://orcid.org/0009000919485822

author

Ana Krstić Vasiljević

• Prica&Partners Attorneys at Law

• https://orcid.org/0009000258632134

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2023.16.27.4

Biblioteka Nauki

20679107