Open AccessDirective (EU) 2019/1 as Another Brick into Empowerment of Slovak Market Regulator
Author(s) -
Hana Kováčiková
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
yearbook of antitrust and regulatory studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-0115
pISSN - 1689-9024
DOI - 10.7172/1689-9024.yars.2019.12.20.6
Subject(s) - directive , slovak , member state , parliament , legislation , competition (biology) , competition law , enforcement , law , business , preliminary ruling , domestic market , european union , member states , political science , law and economics , international trade , economics , politics , market economy , monopoly , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , czech , computer science , biology , programming language
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.