ODLIKE PRAVNIH NORMI EVROPSKE UNIJE O SLOBODNOJ KONKURENCIJI

ZEČEVIĆ dr Slobodan (Institut za evropske studije, Beograd), vzecevic@eunet.rs

Competition law is a term that refers to the totality of legal norms that are subject to maintain free competition between companies in a particular market. The competition law of European Union differs from the national law of the Member States or the competition law of the United States, since it reflects the values and objectives which the Union aspires. As a consequence of Europe’s historical development stems the fact that in the European Union do not exist the dogmatic aspire to increasing competition in the market of certain product, but in a broader sense, to achieve economic, and even social harmony. Because of the need to the full and effective implementation in practice, legal rules of competition of the European Union are to be interpreted with practical and economic and not legally formalistic standpoint. In addition to providing free competition, one of the main goals of competition law of the European Union is the preservation of the unity of the European single market.

Ključne reči: European Union, the competition, the market, the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, agreements between companies, the dominant position, mergers