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 Competition Council is established pursuant to Section 4 of the Competition Act. The composition and the functioning of the Competition Council are specified in the Competition Act and in Regulation No 795 “By-law of the Competition Council” (adopted on 29 September 2008). It has the power to administer competition law and investigate breaches thereof.

Amendments to the law have been adopted  …

The Competition Council (Konkurences Padome)

The Competition Council is established pursuant to Section 4 of the Competition Act. The composition and the functioning of the Competition Council are specified in the Competition Act and in Regulation No 795 “By-law of the Competition Council” (adopted on 29 September 2008). It has the power to administer competition law and investigate breaches thereof.

Amendments to the law have been adopted in June 2022 to transpose Directive 2019/1 into national regulation, i.e. the ECN + Directive. They provide guarantees of independence, resources and enforcement powers for the investigations.  

One of the amendment's provisions places the Council under the supervision of the Cabinet of Ministers. Before that, the Council was under the supervision of the Ministry of the Economy. 

Since the  amendments came into effect, the Council is now composed of the Chairperson and four other members appointed for a five-year term by the Cabinet of Ministers on the recommendation of the Minister for the Economy.

The duties of the Competition Council include inter alia, implementing measures designed to prevent infringements of competition rules; informing the public of competition issues; and cooperating, where required, with foreign competition authorities (Section 6).

The Competition Council is entitled to take a decision if not less than three members of the Competition Council have voted in favor of it (Section 5(5)).

Competition Council's decisions are binding on market participants and shall be implemented voluntarily (Section 8(7) and (8)).

The rights of the Executive Directorate have been defined in Section 9 of the Competition Law.

The Executive Directorate, formerly known as the Competition Bureau, is a division of the Competition Council. The role of the Executive Directorate is that of a secretariat for the Competition Council with duties including: the examination of submissions received by the Competition Council and the preparation of draft Competition Council decisions on ending infringements under the law and imposing fines on parties deemed liable.

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