Open AccessImplementing the ECN+ Directive in Lithuania: Towards an Over-enforcement of Competition Law?
Author(s) -
Gintarè Surblytė-Namavičienė
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.2019.12.20.7
Subject(s) - directive , directive on privacy and electronic communications , competition law , competition (biology) , enforcement , order (exchange) , law , business , lithuanian , unfair competition , political science , law and economics , european union law , european union , international trade , economics , data protection directive , computer science , finance , market economy , monopoly , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , biology , programming language
In 2018, the ECN+ Directive was issued with a goal to grant stronger powers to national competition authorities while enforcing competition law. This article analyses how the legal provisions of the ECN+ Directive have already been implemented in the Lithuanian Law on Competition, and considers what further changes may need to be made in order to fully implement the ECN+ Directive in the national law. It elaborates on the legal challenges while implementing the aforementioned Directive and provides a critical view on some of the amendments that have already been made.