This paper analyses the development of cartel enforcement practice in Croatia since the first Competition Act was adopted in 1995, i.e. since the Competition Agency was established in 1997. Until 2009 only five decisions have been adopted which deal with the issue of cartel arrangements between...

European company and financial law and regulation have been evolving over time along with business and financial practices. The resulting ‘social licence’ established by company and financial law and regulation aimed to balance the granted privileges of limited liability and share...

Paper analyses the freedom of provide services, recent judicial practice and trends of developing since “Bolkenstein directive” until today. Directive was suggested with purpose of eliminating obstacles in services area. It provoked controversies not only in EU member states but also in...

Research increasingly suggests that the effectiveness of competition laws and policies could be enhanced if their implementation would be linked with a better understanding of the cultural influences on competition-related decisions. Moreover, the lack of competition culture has been considered...

New and recently established systems for regulating competition are often prone to an institutional instability, weak authority, and fragile track-record. Their development negotiates a variety of lifecycles, with various factors impacting their evolution. Relying on competition system...

Under the current Croatian competition regime there is no leniency program. However, the possibility of a more lenient treatment of undertakings is extensively used by the Croatian misdemeanor courts when deciding on a fine on the basis of the Competition Agency infringement decision

Purpose The goal of this chapter is to analyse the decisions of the Croatian Competition Agency in the field of grocery retail mergers in the 2004–2009 period. In particular, various criteria used by the Competition Agency to evaluate grocery retail mergers are identified and discussed....