ECN+ Directive and Projected Changes in Polish Competition Law: Towards the Political and Judicial Independence of the Polish Competition Authority
Creators: name: Stankiewicz, Rafał
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: jurisdiction of the administrative courts in Poland
ECN+ Directive
antitrust authorities in the EU
national competition authorities
EU competition
Polish antitrust law
President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
independence
accountability
EU rules on competition
national competition laws
European Commission
EU competition law
European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Polish administrative judiciary
Poland
OCCP
President of the OCCP

description: This unit was published in „International Cooperation of Competition Authorities in Europe: from Bilateral Agreements to Transgovernmental Networks” Błachucki, M., ed., (2020). The ECN+ Directive aims to create a ‘homogeneous’ plane for the operation of antitrust authorities in the EU. Therefore, it is intended above all to harmonise the functioning of the national competition authorities in all the Member States, so that they can exercise the same powers and apply identical legal instruments when enforcing EU competition law. This article describes how to implement the ECN+ Directive into Polish antitrust law. Ensuring objective standards for the appointment of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection is the basic way to achieve this goal.
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