2014 Amendment of the Polish Competition and Consumers Protection Act 2007
The article presents a critical analysis of changes introduced into the Polish Competition Act of 2007 by the Amendment Act of 2014. The declared purpose of the Amendment was mainly to increase the effectiveness of the enforcement of the antitrust prohibitions, including the introduction of conduct...
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University of Warsaw
2015-08-01
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| author | Tadeusz Skoczny |
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| description | The article presents a critical analysis of changes introduced into the Polish Competition Act of 2007 by the Amendment Act of 2014. The declared purpose of the Amendment was mainly to increase the effectiveness of the enforcement of the antitrust prohibitions, including the introduction of conduct remedies in antitrust cases, the settlement procedure and fines for individuals, changes in the Polish Leniency Programme and inspection powers, as well as simplifying and shortening merger control proceedings. Considered in the paper is the thesis that some of these changes were not introduced properly; in particular, that the new provisions fail to sufficiently safeguard the rights of undertakings, and that the amendment is an inadequate step towards the convergence of the Polish competition law system with the enforcement rules of the EU and its other Member States. Further changes to the Polish Competition Act of 2007 are therefore needed. The paper does not cover changes introduced by the Amendment Act of 2014 to Poland’s consumer protection provisions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c3214cf14d0476b8c3837671b1f059f2022-12-22T00:44:27ZengUniversity of WarsawYearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies1689-90242545-01152015-08-018111651852014 Amendment of the Polish Competition and Consumers Protection Act 2007Tadeusz SkocznyThe article presents a critical analysis of changes introduced into the Polish Competition Act of 2007 by the Amendment Act of 2014. The declared purpose of the Amendment was mainly to increase the effectiveness of the enforcement of the antitrust prohibitions, including the introduction of conduct remedies in antitrust cases, the settlement procedure and fines for individuals, changes in the Polish Leniency Programme and inspection powers, as well as simplifying and shortening merger control proceedings. Considered in the paper is the thesis that some of these changes were not introduced properly; in particular, that the new provisions fail to sufficiently safeguard the rights of undertakings, and that the amendment is an inadequate step towards the convergence of the Polish competition law system with the enforcement rules of the EU and its other Member States. Further changes to the Polish Competition Act of 2007 are therefore needed. The paper does not cover changes introduced by the Amendment Act of 2014 to Poland’s consumer protection provisions.https://yars.wz.uw.edu.pl/images/yars2015_8_11/165.pdfenforcement of the prohibition of anti-competitive practicesfines for individualsinspection powersleniencyleniency plusmerger control proceedingremediessettlement |
| spellingShingle | Tadeusz Skoczny 2014 Amendment of the Polish Competition and Consumers Protection Act 2007 Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies enforcement of the prohibition of anti-competitive practices fines for individuals inspection powers leniency leniency plus merger control proceeding remedies settlement |
| title | 2014 Amendment of the Polish Competition and Consumers Protection Act 2007 |
| title_full | 2014 Amendment of the Polish Competition and Consumers Protection Act 2007 |
| title_fullStr | 2014 Amendment of the Polish Competition and Consumers Protection Act 2007 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2014 Amendment of the Polish Competition and Consumers Protection Act 2007 |
| title_short | 2014 Amendment of the Polish Competition and Consumers Protection Act 2007 |
| title_sort | 2014 amendment of the polish competition and consumers protection act 2007 |
| topic | enforcement of the prohibition of anti-competitive practices fines for individuals inspection powers leniency leniency plus merger control proceeding remedies settlement |
| url | https://yars.wz.uw.edu.pl/images/yars2015_8_11/165.pdf |
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