The self-assessment tools developed in 2020 by the Competition Council (CC) for entrepreneurs and public administrative bodies have been nominated for the international “The Antitrust Writing Awards”. Anyone who is interested can vote for the CC's performance until June 28.
In the nomination “Best Soft Law” competes the best non-binding instruments published by competition authorities, such as guidelines, self-assessment tools, market surveillance, institutional recommendations and statements that promote a culture of competition in society. The competition’s aim is to highlight the most exciting and effective practices of the world's competition authorities, from which other authorities can learn, thus promoting fair competition in their countries.
Last year, the CC developed three self-assessment tools for entrepreneurs and public administrative bodies, two of which - a self-assessment tool for entrepreneurs to identify possible cartel risks and a self-assessment tool for public administrative bodies to assess whether their involvement in the company is necessary. These three self-assessment tools have been nominated for a public vote in an international competition.
The self-assessment tool enables economic operators to ascertain in a convenient way whether, because of their negligence or lack of knowledge, they have not entered into a prohibited agreement with competitors known as a cartel, which is the most severe infringement of competition law.
You can vote for the self-assessment tool for companies by rating the article with five stars HERE.
Whereas the self-assessment tool for public administrative bodies is intended to enable the state and local governments to conveniently assess whether their involvement in commercial activities through capital companies owned by them is legally and economically justified. As is well known, the state and local governments must assess at least every five years whether, when establishing new or revaluing their holdings in existing capital companies, they do not unduly engage in commercial activities and thus do not distort competition.
You can vote for the self-assessment tool for public administrative bodies by rating the article with five stars HERE.
The competition “The Antitrust Writing Awards” has a specially selected jury of leading competition law practitioners, academics, and advisers, with more than 100 academic papers, 100 business papers, 14 student scientific papers and 60 “Soft Law” publications put to the public vote, which also includes CC’s self-assessment tools.