Scientific Bulletin of the Odessa National Economic University 2022, 7, 54-61
Issue of harmonization of ukrainian competition law with EU law in the context of deepening European integration
Railian Oleh
Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Law and Business Management, Odessa National Economic University,
Odessa, E-mail:fidesoleg@gmail.com, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4365-0754
Cite this article:
Railian O. (2022) Issue of harmonization of ukrainian competition law with EU law in the context of deepening European integration. Ed.: V.V. Kovalenko (ed.-in-ch.) and others [Pytannia haromonizatsii ukrainskoho konkurentnoho prava iz pravom YeS v konteksti pohlyblennia yevrointehratsii; za red.: V.V. Kovalenko (gol. red.)], Scientific Bulletin of the Odessa National Economic University (ISSN 2313-4569), Odessa National Economics University, Odessa, No. 7 (296), pp. 54-61.
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to study the peculiarities and problems of competition regulation in Ukraine, as well as to
summarize the achievements in the harmonization of national competition legislation with EU law. To achieve the goal, a statistical
analysis of the dynamics of the number of violations in the field of unfair competition stopped by the Antimonopoly Committee of
Ukraine in terms of fines imposed and recommendations provided, statistical analysis of summary data on antimonopoly cases and
antimonopoly decisions of the European Commission was applied. The schedule for harmonizing the competition legislation of
Ukraine with the EU norms according to the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the EU, the European
Atomic Energy Community and their member states, on the other, has been systematized. The priority tasks of harmonizing Ukrainian
competition legislation in accordance with EU rules and regulations are summarized. It was concluded that the principle of free
competition is fundamental in the activity of the EU, and the competition policy has the character of uniform regulatory norms. It
was emphasized that the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to the EU legislation is one of the priorities of the modern policy of
our state and is the process of bringing normative legal acts of Ukraine into compliance with the acquis communautaire. It was
determined that there is a need to improve and ensure compliance of the current legislation of Ukraine with EU requirements, legal
regulation in the field of public (state) procurement, protection of intellectual property rights, state aid, technology transfer, vertical
agreements, concentration of economic entities. The practical significance lies in the further development of research on the issue
of harmonization of Ukrainian competition law with EU law in the context of deepening European integration.
Keywords
competition, legal regulations regulating competition, EU competition policy, competition legislation, European
integration.
JEL classification: L410, L420, L440, K230; DOI: 10.32680/2409-9260-2022-7-296-54-61
UD classification: 346.242: 341.17: 339.137.025
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