The State Regulation of Competition in Ukraine and in the EU

Abstract

The article is aimed at studying peculiarities and problems of regulation of competition in Ukraine and in the EU in the context of the European integration of our country. The formation and specificity of the national competition legislation are analyzed, the role of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine is described. Examining the competitive policy of the European Union, it is noted that the principle of free competition is fundamental in the EU, and the competitive policies of the EU Member States are characterized by the uniformity of competition regulations. The principles of regulation of concentration, comparative advertising and protection of trade secrets in the EU are provided. Regarding the introduction of the EU competition law into Ukrainian legislation, it is stated that our country needs to improve regulatory norms in accordance with the European standards. After the signing of the Association Agreement with the EU, which envisages a limited period of implementation of the relevant requirements, the State authorities acted in a prompt manner, and so several legislative acts were improved/adopted. But reforming the competition legislation of Ukraine continues, and there is a need not to adopt normative legal acts only, but to create necessary conditions for the activities of the relevant bodies without political interference from the parties interested. At the same time, borrowing of certain EU norms should be viewed in terms of specifics of the Ukrainian market.

Keywords

• competition
• the State regulation
• competition legislation
• unfair competition
• antimonopoly regulation
• competition policy
• EU
• European integration