Competition and economic integration in Europe
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Competition and economic integration in Europe
E. Elgar, c1998
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Note
Bibliography: p. 153-160
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Competition and Economic Integration in Europe explores the relationship between competition policy and economic integration in the enlarging European Union. It contains valuable contributions from academics and officials from inside and outside the European Union as well as offering a transatlantic perspective on the enabling effect of competition policy on deepening European integration.This book examines the importance of competition policy in the Europe Agreements signed with the Central and East European countries, whilst emphasizing that agreement on the adoption of competition rules is just one element in the complex process of accession to the European Union. The book argues that harmonization of competition policy along EU lines across the wider Europe is necessary to create a culture of competition among the European partner countries. The contributors examine the actual and potential roles of competition policy as a regulator of cross-border flows, an agent for the removal of trade barriers and as one of a number of measures to enable a move towards free trade. Competition policy is also advocated as a framework for business behaviour, in order to eradicate 'unfair' competition and as a foundation for the privatization programmes of governments. The book concludes with a postscript linking the argument of the book with the European Commission's Agenda 2000 report of July 1997.
This book will prove invaluable to academics and students in the field of transition economics, the economics of the European Union, comparative institutions and industrial policy.
Table of Contents
Contents: 1. Competition Policy for Central and Eastern Europe: The Challenge of the Europe Agreements (S. Estrin and P. Holmes) 2. The Central European Countries and the European Union's Waiting Room: Why Must they Adopt the EU's Competition Law? (E.M. Fox) 3. Central and East European Countries' Approximation of Legislation in the Competition Field: If, Why and How? (T. Jakob) 4. EU Competition policy Without Membership: Lessons from the European Economic Area (E. Smith) 5. The Full Potential of the Europe Agreement: Private Positive Comity, Direct Effect and New Balancing within Public Interest Clauses (G. Marceau) 6. Competition Policy as a Framework for Privatization: The Case of Greece (M. Frangakis) 7. Greek Legislation on Competition policy and its Implementation (N.C. Baltas) 8. Central Issues of Hungarian Competition Policy in the Light of Association with the European Union (F. Vissi) 9. Implementing Competition Policy in Poland: Transition and the European Integration Context (J. Saryusz-Wolski) 10. Approximating Czech Competition Law and the European Union Law: Advantages and Disadvantages (S. Matzchova) 11. Some Aspects of Relations between the European Union and Slovakia (E. Jurzyca) 12. Choices in Transition: The Contract State and Direct Service in Local Government Expenditure (S. Szymanski) Index
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