State of Competition | Competition Basics

April 13, 2013 In Free Market By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Romanian State against the market economy and the economic freedom

UPDATE 2 The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Yee, on 8 September 2014, in Bucharest: "Using emergency government ordinances, which avoid the public consultation, creates uncertainity and scares-off the investors". Mr.Hoyt gives, as an example, EGO 25/2013. UPDATE 1 The President of Romania refused to enact and...

March 14, 2013 In Legislation By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Guidelines on the Petitioning Activities have been published

The guidelines on the petitioning activities have been published on the website of the Romanian Competition Council - see http://www.consiliulconcurentei.ro/uploads/docs/items/id8255/indrumari-bune_practici_in_activitatea_de_petitionare.pdf. The Romanian Competition Council approved, in January, its first guidelines regarding the application of the competition rules issued after the amendments to the Competition Law made...

February 26, 2013 In Free Market By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Oltchim, o obsesie nationala

Oltchim este cu siguranta o mare intreprindere dar, mai mult de atat, este o adevarata obsesie nationala. Nu este, din pacate, si o mandrie nationala. Mass-media, mediul public si chiar multe discutii private au fost acaparate in ultimul an de dezbateri furtunoase - dar destul...

January 30, 2013 In Competition Basics By Dr. Valentin Mircea

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January 15, 2013 In Free Market, Health Care By Dr. Valentin Mircea

A level playing field for the health care system, please !

Last Saturday - on 12 January 2013 - the new Minister of Health announced, in front of the media, that the State budget will no longer pay for medical assistance services provided to patients in privately-owned hospitals. According to the Minister, the 10% from the...

November 4, 2012 In Free Market By Dr. Valentin Mircea

â€˜Maximum temperature lawâ€™ to prevent â€˜temperature gougingâ€™ makes as much sense as laws to prevent â€˜price gougingâ€™

â€˜Maximum temperature lawâ€™ to prevent â€˜temperature gougingâ€™ makes as much sense as laws to prevent â€˜price gougingâ€™...

October 23, 2012 In Free Market By Dr. Valentin Mircea

La Commission Europeenne repousse Arnaud Montebourg

http://www.euractiv.fr/industrie/la-commission-europeenne-repousse-arnaud-montebourg-dans-les-cordes-16942.html?goback=%2Egde_4501204_member_177883621...

October 14, 2012 In Free Market By Dr. Valentin Mircea

La tentation d’ouvrir la boite de Pandore (The temptation to open the Pandora’s box)

The recent proposals of Monsieur Arnaud Montebourg, the French minister for productivity recovery (yes, there is such a position in the French government - "redresseement productif", in original, in French), raised some eyes brows.M.Montebourg addressed a letter to the President of the European Commission, in...

August 31, 2012 In Free Market By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Too young, too good to die – Johnny Munkhammar

On 13 August 2012 Johnny Munkhammar was finally defeated by a merciless malady and he stepped out of this world ! He really was to young to die (not even 38) and he was to good to die ! Johnny Munkhammar was, as he put it, a...

August 18, 2012 In Cases and Decisions, Free Market By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Role of the Constitutional Court of Romania in guaranteeing the functioning of the market economy

The paper has been published in the book "Repere actuale ale jurisprudentei Curtii Constitutionale", edited by Judge Silviu Barbu of the Brasov Court of Appeal, lecturer in law at the Law School of the Bucharest University and published recently (July 2012) at Indaco Systems Publishing...