engleski

SITUATION ANALYSIS FINAL REPORT Defining challenges and obstacles to competition law enforcement in South and East European countries

Competition law is one of the main pillars and one of the main drivers of EU integration. It is one of the main tools that drives innovation and long term economic growth of the EU. Only consistent enforcement of EU competition rules will boost employment and vibrant economic activity. Therefore, harmonized application of competition rules is important, not only for EU Member States but also for candidate countries, as well as for those countries who are having strong economic links with EU and/ or are aspiring membership in the EU. However, while in all EU Member States there is a constant focus on the Competition law enforcement and teaching, this is not the case for the EU candidate countries and EU partner countries. Competition law teaching and enforcement in EU candidate countries and other partner countries is quite uneven. Data on Competition law teaching and enforcement are incomplete, partial and/ or non- existent. There is no doubt that there is a serious gap with regard to Competition Law enforcement and Competition Law teaching between EU Member States, EU candidate countries and other partner countries. Therefore the purpose of Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Project titled Competition Law (Jean Monnet COE in Competition Law - 101047803 - GAP- 101047803) which is funded by the EU is to bring together prominent Competition law academics and Competition law experts from totally eight (8) countries, two EU Member state countries (Croatia and Italy), three EU candidate countries (Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania) and three EU partner countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tajikistan) who will joined under the Project organize and coordinate their resources, lead research activities and promote innovative contributions to the study of the Competition law topics relevant for EU integration and EU economic interests. The different experiences of Project partners with the Europeanization in area of Competition law harmonization could also be shared by common cross-national activities. Desired outcome and ultimate Project’s goal is to support, strengthen and increase the Competition law enforcement and Competition law teaching in the EU candidate countries and EU partner countries.

competition law ; jmcoe, report

nije evidentirano