Keywords
competition and consumers protection act, amendments, merger control, managers’ responsibility, voluntary submission to penalty, possibility of cause consumers significant damage
Abstract
In this short article, the author mentions key legal institutions proposed in the 2013 Draft Amendment Act to the Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Act. It is the first time for all of these institutions to appear in the domestic competition law system. Key among them is the introduction of two-phase merger control proceedings and protection against abusing merger control rules where a concentration is conducted in multiple steps. Important is also the introduction of managers’ responsibility for competition law breaches as well as voluntary submission to penalties (settlements). Public disclosure of a possible violation of consumer law, that might cause significant loss or unfavorable consequences for a broad range of consumers, is also of note. The author aims not only to present the various doubts concerning these new institutions, in particular what obstacle might appear in legal practice, but also present those amendments, which should be evaluated positively.
Recommended Citation
Wolski, D. (2013). A few remarks on selected institutions proposed in the Draft Amendments to the Polish Competition Act. internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation), 2(7), 16-22. Retrieved from https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/ikar/vol2/iss7/2
First Page
16
Last Page
22
Page Count
6
Publisher
University of Warsaw
