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December 2, 2019 In Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Nominations for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards are now open.

Nominations for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards are now open. The present Call for Nominations concerns 3 types of publications: Best Articles: Articles published or accepted for publication in 2019, in both academic journals and professional magazines.Best Soft Laws: Most innovative non-enforcement tools issued by competition agencies...

November 21, 2019 In The professionals of competition By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Competition Law in China

New Release: Wang Xiaoye Liber Amicorum: The Pioneer of Competition Law in China Without Professor Xiaoye Wang, Chinese competition law would not be in the shape it is today. Perhaps the key competition statute – the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) – would not even have been enacted...

July 19, 2019 In Antitrust, Events By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Antitrust and Developing & Emerging Economies Conference

Concurrences in partnership with NYU Law School will hold the sixth annual Antitrust and Developing & Emerging Economies Conference on Friday, November 1 2019 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at NYU Law School. There will be four panels: Rooting out Cartels & Corruption: Where are...

June 29, 2019 In Antitrust By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Interview with Professor Raju Parakkal

StateofCompetition goes video, with an interview with Professor Raju Parakkal of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, one of the key researchers on the spread of the antitrust regimes in the world. You may watch the interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOCdtTsfndU&feature=youtu.be ...

June 2, 2019 In Antitrust, Europe By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Call for the strengthening of the EU competition rules enforcement

Time has come to bring the EU competition enforcement to a new level. The competition rules are and must continue to be an essential pillar of the European Union, the cornerstone of its internal market and a guarantee of the prosperity of its citizens. An...

June 2, 2019 In Events By Dr. Valentin Mircea

New Frontiers of Antitrust 2019

Concurrences Review, will hold the 10th edition of its annual conference “New Frontiers of Antitrust" on Friday 14 June, from 8:30am to 7:00pm, at the Ministry of French Ministry for the Economy and Finance, 139 rue de Bercy, Paris (Mr LeMaire home turf, so Siemens...

February 9, 2019 In Energy, Free Market, Legislation, Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Statul paralel cu economia de piață

Atacul guvernului asupra mediului privat continuă. Ordonanța de Urgență 114/2018 nu pare să fie decât vârful unui aisberg care își propune să scufunde economia României și să îi ducă în abisuri pe întreprinzători și pe consumatori. Un exemplu de atac, direct, nejustificat și extrem de nociv...

January 23, 2019 In Antitrust By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Vote it if you like it!

The article I published in 2018 in Competition Law Insights has been shortlisted by the jury in the distinguished list of the best competition-related articles from which the best of the best shall be determined, based on your vote. If you like this article, you may...

January 16, 2019 In Antitrust, Cases and Decisions, Cases and Decisions, Guest Contributions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Considerații cu privire la decizia nr.10/18.12.2018 a Consiliului Concurenței, privind agențiile de turism și ANAT

(http://www.consiliulconcurentei.ro/uploads/docs/items/bucket13/id13829/amenzi_agentii_turism_ian_2019.pdf) Decizia Consiliului Concurenței în cazul agențiilor de turism, din 18 decembrie 2018, prezintă câteva particularități interesante, pe de o parte pentru că este prima analiză de acest fel pe piața românească de turism (la care alte autorități de concurență s-au uitat deja mai demult,...

October 17, 2018 In Europe, Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Competition policy, not competition politics

Competition law enforcement in the European Union is at an all-times high, with several proeminent cases decided by the European Commission and others in the pipeline. The European Commission is now seen as a ”beacon” of competition enforcement in the world, except for the United States of...