in the Association Agreements signed between the European Union (EU) and the Mediterranean Partners (MPs) currently fail … practices remain unchallenged. In addition, this study addresses the issue of regulatory convergence between the EU and the MPs …) competition rules. It argues that while such convergence would bring a series of benefits to both the EU and the MPs, it would …

achieved through the enforcement of EU competition law rules. Against this backdrop, this paper explores the application of EU … as follows. Section 2 discusses judgments of the EU and EFTA Courts which broke new ground with respect to substantial …