Son Yapılan Düzenlemeler Işığında AB Rekabet Hukuku ve Politikasına Genel Bir Bakış

Year 2008, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 47 - 76, 01.04.2008

Mustafa Ateş

https://doi.org/10.1501/Avraras_0000000124

Cited By: 4

Abstract

EC competition law and policy is seen one of the main tools for the creation of the
common market and integrated Europe in every aspects. Fort this reason, EC pays
utmost attention to the competition than some other policy areas. Since 1957, the date
of foundation of the Community, competition law and policy has been continuously
revised in a way that giving answer to the various requirements of the economy.
Essentially, the most considerable changing in the Community competition law and
policy was initiated late 1990's. In 1999, adopting the Regulation numbered 2790/1999,
the EC reformed the regime of the exemption from anti-competitive behaviors of
undertakings. Community, aboliting the Regulation numbered 17/62, put into force in
2004 the Modernization Regulation n ııııı bered 1/2003 dealing with the application of
the antitrust provisions of the Treaty of Rome, namely Articles of 81 and 82. The
Regulation numbered 139/2004 on concentration, which was forınerly called "merger
regulation", was put into practice in 2004. Finally, the EC Commission launched a
discussion on the issue of the dominant position in 2005. By means of those reforms, the
national competition authorities and national courts have been giyen more power on
the applications of the Community competition rules. Iz ı other words, they have much
more role and authority on the competition law and practice in the Community
dimension than they have ever been. Thus, the Commission is now able to deal with the
greater and more important anti-competitive conducts. This article aims to give a brief
overview of the Community competition law and policy with the framework of the recent
reforms in the EC. 

Keywords

AT rekabet hukuku ve politikas ı, antitröst hukuku, AB