The article analyzes the recent changes introduced by the European Commission to the Guidelines regarding the application of Article 82 of the EC Treaty (now article 102 TFEU) on abusive exclusionary practices by dominant companies. It emphasizes the essential role of competition rules in protecting the internal market, especially during periods of economic difficulty and market concentration.The author reviews specific changes, includi...

Bid rigging is a current issue of competition law, both at a global and regional level, as well as nationally. In recent years the attention of the Romanian Competition Council has been repeatedly targeted the way of conduct of public sector tenders.The paper at hand tries to offer several practical and theoretical definitions for this phenomenon and its forms of manifestation. As well, it mentions some of the practical measures suggest...