Umut AYDIN

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The international competition network: cooperation and convergence in competition laws

Son üç onyılda rekabet politikalarına ilgide bir patlama yasandı. Seksenin üzerinde ülke bu süre zarfında rekabet kanunları uygulamaya koydu, ve rekabetin çesitli alanlarında yirmiden fazla ikili ve çokuluslu isbirliği anlasması imzalandı. Ancak henüz küresel alanda bağlayıcı ve çokuluslu bir rekabet rejimi ortaya çıkmamıstır. Bu makale, ulusal ve uluslararası rekabet kurumlarını sanal bir ağla biraraya getiren Uluslararası Rekabet Ağı’nın (URA) küresel alanda isbirliğini tesvik etmek ve ulusal rekabet kanunlarının uyumlasmasını sağlamaktaki rolünü inceler. URA’nın amacı küresel alanda rekabet üzerine çalısanlar arasında is ve fikir birliği ve uyumlasma sağlamaktır. Makale, URA’nın rekabet alanında isbirliği sağlayan ikili veya bölgesel anlasmalarla ve OECD, UNCTAD gibi kurumlarla karsılastırıldığında bazı avantajları olduğu tezini savunur. URA’nın üyeliğinin genis coğrafi kapsamı, rekabet politikası konusundaki tavsiyelerinin ülkeler tarafından iradeye bağlı olarak kabul edilebilmesi, ve esnek isbirliğini desteklemesi nedeniyle URA’nın simdiye kadar rekabet politikalarında fikirbirliği ve isbirliğine olumlu etkileri olmustur. Ayrıca, üye rekabet kurumları arasında sosyallesmeyi sağlayarak ulusal rekabet politikaları arasında uyumlasmayı tesvik etmistir. Makale ayrıca URA’nın çabaları sonucunda, birlesme ve devralmaların kontrolü alanındaki ulusal uygulamalarda sınırlı da olsa uyumlasma olduğuna dair kanıtlar sunar.

Uluslararası rekabet ağı: rekabet kanunlarında uluslararası işbirliği ve uyumlaşma

In the last three decades, interest in competition policy has exploded. Over a hundred countries now have competition laws. More than twenty bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements have been concluded on various aspects of competition, yet no binding multilateral competition regime has emerged so far. This article investigates the role of the International Competition Network (ICN), a virtual network of competition policy authorities, in promoting global cooperation on competition policy and encouraging convergence among national competition laws. The ICN’s stated objective is to build consensus and convergence towards sound competition policy principles across the global antitrust community. The article makes the argument that the ICN has some advantages over bilateral, regional and multinational forums of cooperation on competition policy because its membership is inclusive, and because its informal, voluntary mode of cooperation facilitates consensus and cooperation. Moreover, by facilitating socialization among its members, it encourages convergence of national regimes towards practices recommended by the ICN. The article presents evidence from merger review procedures, which suggests that a degree of convergence of national merger review procedures is taking place thanks to ICN’s work.
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  • ISSN: 1302-552X
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 5 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 2000
  • Yayıncı: Rekabet Kurumu
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