The aim of this paper is to analyse the interplay between the EU's external (pre-accession) and internal (post-accession) governance model in the field of competition law and to reach a deeper understanding of the EU's Europeanization strategy at the intersection of these two governance models....

Competition law has always formed a core pillar of the European integration process and so it was among the crucial EU requirements set for the candidate countries. Competition law had a significant influence on the way competition laws and institutions were shaped in the candidate countries. In...