During the webinar, the following topics were covered:
- The role of competition law as a constitutional foundation of the EU and its impact on the EU enlargement process;
- Key competition law provisions, including antitrust regulation, merger control, and state aid rules;
- Challenges and mechanisms for ensuring effective enforcement at both the EU and national levels, as well as the prospects for harmonizing competition law in EU candidate states;
- The specifics of decentralized enforcement through national competition authorities;
- The impact of digital markets and new regulatory instruments (DMA, FSR) on the competitive environment.
Participants had the opportunity to discuss the fundamental principles of EU competition law, its influence on integration processes, and its role in ensuring the functioning of a market economy.
