Legal Regime of Competition in Poland
Legal Regime of Competition in Poland

Author(s): Ovidiu Horia Maican
Subject(s): Commercial Law
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: competition; Poland; European Union; legislation; harmonization;
Summary/Abstract: Like the antitrust law in the United States, antimonopoly law forms one of the main elements of competition policy in post-communist countries. According with the Polish legislation, "the promotion and protection of competition in the process of transforming a centrally planned economy into a market economy requires going beyond the scheme of classical antitrust policy." These antimonopoly laws have as goal to create, develop, and protect competition during the transition from a socialist to a market-based economy. Each law sets up a competition authority entrusted with development and protection of competition and oversight and enforcement of competition law. Even some provisions reflect the influence of the laws of the United States and individual European Union member states, the dominant model upon which the competition laws of the post- communist countries are based is the European model.

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