ULUSLARARASI REKABET AĞI: REKABET KANUNLARINDA ULUSLARARASI İŞBİRLİĞİ VE UYUMLAŞMA

Yıl 2010, Sayı: 43, 51 - 78, 01.09.2010

Umut Aydın

Öz

Son üç onyılda rekabet politikalarına ilgide bir patlama yaşandı. Seksenin üzerinde ülke bu süre zarfında rekabet kanunları uygulamaya koydu, ve rekabetin çeşitli alanlarında yirmiden fazla ikili ve çokuluslu işbirliği anlaşması imzalandı. Ancak henüz küresel alanda bağlayıcı ve çokuluslu bir rekabet rejimi ortaya çıkmamıştır. Bu makale, ulusal ve uluslararası rekabet kurumlarını sanal bir ağla biraraya getiren Uluslararası Rekabet Ağı’nın URA küresel alanda işbirliğini teşvik etmek ve ulusal rekabet kanunlarının uyumlaşmasını sağlamaktaki rolünü inceler. URA’nın amacı küresel alanda rekabet üzerine çalışanlar arasında iş ve fikir birliği ve uyumlaşma sağlamaktır. Makale, URA’nın rekabet alanında işbirliği sağlayan ikili veya bölgesel anlaşmalarla ve OECD, UNCTAD gibi kurumlarla karşılaştırıldığında bazı avantajları olduğu tezini savunur. URA’nın üyeliğinin geniş coğrafi kapsamı, rekabet politikası konusundaki tavsiyelerinin ülkeler tarafından iradeye bağlı olarak kabul edilebilmesi, ve esnek işbirliğini desteklemesi nedeniyle URA’nın şimdiye kadar rekabet politikalarında fikirbirliği ve işbirliğine olumlu etkileri olmuştur. Ayrıca, üye rekabet kurumları arasında sosyalleşmeyi sağlayarak ulusal rekabet politikaları arasında uyumlaşmayı teşvik etmiştir. Makale ayrıca URA’nın çabaları sonucunda, birleşme ve devralmaların kontrolü alanındaki ulusal uygulamalarda sınırlı da olsa uyumlaşma olduğuna dair kanıtlar sunar

Anahtar Kelimeler

Uluslararası Rekabet Ağı, Uluslararası İşbirliği, Çok Taraflı İşbirliği, Harmonizasyon, Uyumlaşma

THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION NETWORK: COOPERATION AND CONVERGENCE IN COMPETITION LAWS

Öz

In the last three decades, interest in competition policy has exploded. Over a hundred countries now have competition laws. More than twenty bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements have been concluded on various aspects of competition, yet no binding multilateral competition regime has emerged so far. This article investigates the role of the International Competition Network ICN , a virtual network of competition policy authorities, in promoting global cooperation on competition policy and encouraging convergence among national competition laws. The ICN’s stated objective is to build consensus and convergence towards sound competition policy principles across the global antitrust community. The article makes the argument that the ICN has some advantages over bilateral, regional and multinational forums of cooperation on competition policy because its membership is inclusive, and because its informal, voluntary mode of cooperation facilitates consensus and cooperation. Moreover, by facilitating socialization among its members, it encourages convergence of national regimes towards practices recommended by the ICN. The article presents evidence from merger review procedures, which suggests that a degree of convergence of national merger review procedures is taking place thanks to ICN’s work

Anahtar Kelimeler

International Competition Network, International Cooperation Multilateral Cooperation, Harmonization, Convergence

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