doctrine was developed in antitrust, it became a frequently cited notion in the regulation of network utilities. Its relevance … the doctrine in competition polcy and regulation in the EU and Hungary. The next section is devoted to the controversies … facilities, competition policy, regulation, postal services …

The paper discusses the respective roles of competition policy and sector-specific regulation for industries such as … when competition policy and to sector-specific regulation apply to a given industry at the same time. The discussion refers … parts of the industry should be subject to regulation, and (iii) the recent cases in the telecommunications and postal …

economics of regulation, it then points out generic information and transaction cost problems of regulatory policy making. An … competencies for the regulation of the European network industries. …