Competition Law and Sustainability in the EU

Modelling the Perspectives of National Competition Authorities

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ID6280719
AuthorsJurgita Malinauskaite (0000-0001-7617-243X, Brunel University London London, corresponding author), Fatih Buğra Erdem (0000-0001-8654-2684, Social Sciences University of Ankara Ankara)
Year2023
Volume61
Issue5
Pages1211-1234
Publication date2023-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jcms.13458
OpenAlexW4319834682
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

Debates have surged in the European Union (EU) on how EU competition policy can best support the European Green Deal. In the theoretical and practical aspects, non‐economic factors in competition law analysis are problematic due to the difficulty in measuring the concrete benefits of trade‐offs. The National Competition Authorities (NCAs) rather than the European Commission (EC) are leading the ‘sustainability in competition law’ debates, which is the focus of this article. Therefore, this study reviews the current status quo of all NCAs' positions concerning sustainability‐related matters by classifying them into four typologies in terms of their willingness to incorporate sustainability in their assessments. It further identifies four emerging NCAs models, which seem to divert from the EC's view. This can be problematic in ensuring the uniform application of competition law

Business · Commission · Competition (biology · Competition law · Economics · European commission · European union · International trade · Law and economics · Market economy · Political science · Public economics · Status quo · Sustainability · EU Law and Policy Analysis · European and International Law Studies · Law · World Trade Organization Law

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