dc.contributor.author | CENGIZ, Firat | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-04-01T12:20:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-04-01T12:20:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1830-7728 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/11067 | |
dc.description.abstract | The European Competition Network came into life in 2004 as an atypical network with a relatively
hierarchical and highly regulated structure. As a result, predictions regarding the future functioning of
this network were largely sceptical at the time of its inception. Now the network is about to complete
its fifth year in operation and the European Commission is due to present a report to the European
Parliament and the Council regarding experiences of policy enforcement by this network. Therefore, it
is particularly timely to have a retrospective look at the European Competition Network and assess its
achievements and failures. This paper reviews the structure and management methods of the European
Competition Network in the light of the policy network literature and comments on initial experiences
with its operation. The paper argues that in general the sceptical predictions regarding the operation of
the network have not been realised. The network has been successful particularly in terms of
accelerating communication between the competition authorities of Europe and increasing their
contribution to the design of European competition policy. However, the paper also reveals certain
weaknesses of the operation of this network. Particularly the inefficiencies of investigations by the
national competition authorities, the low level of horizontal cooperation between the national
competition authorities in individual investigations and the opaque nature of network management
appear as matters which need to be addressed to achieve more effective network management. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | European University Institute | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI MWP | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2009/05 | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | European Competition Network | en |
dc.subject | Council Regulation 17/62 | en |
dc.subject | Council Regulation 1/2004 | en |
dc.subject | National Competition Authorities | en |
dc.subject | Policy Networks | en |
dc.title | The European Competition Network: Structure, Management and Initial Experiences of Policy Enforcement | en |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
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