April 2016, Year VIII, n. 4
Giovanni Pitruzzella
Antitrust. 25 years young
Telos: The 2009 Development Law established that every year a Competition Law to be adopted. In the coming weeks the Draft Law for the market and competition will be finally approved by Parliament after having been the first one presented by the government. What do you think about the upcoming State upcoming law?
Giovanni Pitruzzella: I have nothing but appreciation for the government for tabling this law for the first time. As we all know, since 2009 our advocacy activities now include being able to express an opinion about the annual competition law. This option is used every year by the Authority to convey its technical input to Parliament and the Government regarding the elimination of regulatory or administrative obstacles hindering the opening of markets, thereby paving the way for the promotion of competition and ensuring consumer protection ...more
Editorial
On 10 October 1990, exactly one hundred years after the American Sherman Act and almost forty years after the ratification of the EC Treaty, Italy passed the first antitrust regulation. It drastically changed the Italian legal system by reversing the pro-monopolistic concept inferred in the Italian Constitution and Civil Code. However, there are remarkable differences between the two antitrust concepts ...more
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