Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers,
Copenhagen Business School, Department of Economics
No 05-2000: RULES THAT MATTER: LIMITS TO COMPETITION POLICY HARMONISATION IN EU ENLARGEMENT
Peter Møllegaard and Jochen Lorentzen
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Peter Møllegaard: Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Postal: Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3 C, 5. sal, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Jochen Lorentzen: Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Postal: Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3 C, 5. sal, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Abstract: The paper analyses the extent of and the reasons behind limits to competition policy
harmonisation in EU enlargement. Our focus is on vertical restraints. First, we
compare the relevant legal regimes towards vertical agreements in the EU and in
Eastern Europe. We then describe competition policy practice in all ten EU candidate
countries and point out differences both between East and West and among the
candidates. Finally, we use insights from case studies of subcontractor agreements in
the Eastern Europe. to highlight instances of non-conformity between (1) East European
competition law and practice and (2) EU rules and East European competition law
enforcement. Our conclusion targets an underdeveloped competition culture as
primary culprit for limits to effective – as opposed to merely legal – harmonisation of
competition policy in the run-up to EU enlargement.
Keywords: competition policy; EU; Eastern Europe
24 pages, May 17, 2001
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