THE ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL LEGAL PROVISIONS' COMPLIANCE IN THE DOMAIN OF COMPETITION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT MARKET ECONOMY

The legislation of the Republic of Moldova on competition is fairly recent, unlike the EU legislation, which is acting for over five decades. The adoption of the new law on competition nr.183 / 2012 triggered the competition’s reform process in the Republic of Moldova and, implicitly, of the takeover of the Community Acquis. The implementation of commitments made by the Republic of Moldova on the harmonization of legislation with the EU as well as the need to remove shortcomings, led to the development of a new Law on Competition, a process that ended with the adoption of law on July 11th 2012. Thus, the Law on competition nr. 183 of 11.07.2012 expressly states in its preamble the implementation of art. 101-106 of the Treaty on the Function of the European Union of March 25, 1957, the provisions of EC Regulation nr. 1/2003 of December16. 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition provided in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty, published in the Official Journal of the European Union nr. L 1 of 4th January 2003.