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Title: The concept of appreciability in EC competition policy
Authors: Pace, Gabriella (1998)
Keywords: European Economic Community
Antitrust law -- European Economic Community countries
Competition -- European Economic Community countries
Small business -- European Economic Community countries
Issue Date: 1998
Citation: Pace, G. (1998). The concept of appreciability in EC competition policy (Master’s dissertation).
Abstract: The competition rules in the EC Treaty must always be interpreted and applied against the backdrop of the objectives of the Common Market. Art.3(g) requires the institution of a system of undistorted competition, and this underpins much of the work of the institutions of the Community. With the entry into force of the Single European Act in 1986, the Single Market exercise was enshrined with constitutional force in the Treaty itself and this has greatly increased the importance of competition policy. The Single Market programme is a gigantic programme of deregulation. It improves the opportunities for businesses to compete on markets in other Member States, especially in those areas, which were formerly inaccessible, such as telecommunications, energy and transport. Through the increase in cross-frontier activities, business and industry have given additional impetus to integration and have injected unprecedented dynamism into the competition process. This notwithstanding, there is no denying that the complete dismantling of internal frontiers will create serious adjustment problems for certain firms, and these will be faced with a growing temptation to resort to anti-competitive agreements and practices in order to \ gain some breathing space in the competitive struggle or an artificial advantage in penetrating new markets. Consequently, there is an overriding need for a competition policy whose role is to ensure that the opening-up of markets brings about the macro-economic advantages pursued. It must ensure that other types of market partitioning of private or state provenance do not replace the barriers that have been removed in intra-Community trade.
Description: M.JURIS
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/129883
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