Global Competition Law is primarly a practitioner's guide presenting the most salient aspects of the major competition laws country by country, giving an overview of their structure and most charasteristic elements.
Global Competition Law also provides insight into possible future developments in the field.

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The first Competition Act in Croatia, heavily influenced by EU and US competition laws, was adopted in 1995 and the Croatian Competition Authority (CCA) established in 1997. Harmonization with the EU acquis was enhanced by the 2001 Stabilization and Association Agreement signed between Croatia and the EU, a framework for EU negotiations with the Western Balkan countries, all the way to their event …

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The first Competition Act in Croatia, heavily influenced by EU and US competition laws, was adopted in 1995 and the Croatian Competition Authority (CCA) established in 1997. Harmonization with the EU acquis was enhanced by the 2001 Stabilization and Association Agreement signed between Croatia and the EU, a framework for EU negotiations with the Western Balkan countries, all the way to their eventual accession. The 1995 Competition Act was replaced in 2003 (OG 122/03) to further improve the harmonization process. However, the CCA's limited powers hindered effective enforcement of competition law in Croatia. To remedy this issue and strengthen the CCA, a new Competition Act (OG 79/09) was adopted in 2009 and came into force on 1st October 2011, shaped on the basis of EU Regulation No 1/2003. Meanwhile, the EU and Croatian leaders signed Croatia's EU Accession Treaty on 9 December 2011. After ratification of the Treaty by all the Member States and Croatia, Croatia officially became a Member State on 1 July 2013. With Croatia's accession to the European Union, new amendments to the Competition Act were adopted on 21 June 2013 (Act No 80/2013). The Competition Act was amended by the Competition Act, OG 41/21, which entered into force on 24 April 2021. 

The Act applies to all forms of distortion of competition by undertakings within the territory of the Republic of Croatia or outside its territory, if such practices take effect in the territory of the Republic of Croatia. The concept of undertaking encompasses companies, sole traders, tradesmen and craftsmen, State authorities and local and regional self-government units and all other natural or legal persons, such as associations, sports associations, institutions, copyright and related rights holders and similar, as long as they directly or indirectly are engaged in a production and/or trade in goods and/or provision of services and thereby participate in economic activity. Such undertakings are covered by the provisions of the Act irrespective of their legal form or ownership structure, form of financing and intent or effect to make profit, notwithstanding their place of establishment or residence within the territory of the Republic of Croatia or outside its territory. Finally, the Act also applies to undertakings which are entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest, those having the character of a revenue-producing monopoly, or, which are by special or exclusive rights granted to them allowed to undertake certain economic activities, insofar as the application of the Act does not obstruct, in law or in fact, the performance of the particular tasks assigned to them and for the performance of which they have been established.

By contrast, the Act does not apply to labor relations between employers and employees, or to the relations that are covered by collective agreements between employers and labor unions.

The Revised Competition Act 2021 defines frequently used terms, such as “cartel”, “secret cartel”, “leniency program”, “leniency statement”, “applicant authority”, “requested authority”, or most generally “undertaking”, “association of undertakings”, “undertakings concerned”. 

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