COMMUNITY COMPETITION LAW APPLIED IN ROMANIA

Competition is the main mechanism of market economy, which generates efficiency and contributes to a better allocation of resources in the economy. It gives consumers more options on the quality, price or variety of products and services. In this context, the community competition rules, applicable in our country through harmonized legislation with the EU, must be known and simultaneously respected. The community competition rules were included in the establishing Treaty of the European Economic Community signed in Rome in 1957. In time, principles stated in the Treaty have been detailed by rules, regulations – framework, guidelines, communications that forms the secondary legislation community in meters competition. Community regulations and decisions present a particularly relevant for the field of competition. They are applicable in Member States, without the need to transpose into national rule by a law or another legislative act.primary legislation, secondary legislation, E.C.N., anticompetitive practices, economics concentration, dominant position