study followed by the measures of Hungarian market opening. -- market opening ; network industries ; regulation …

for regulation; the essential functions provided by network operators; and whether regulations should be applied … symmetrically to traditional and alternative suppliers. Depending on the pace and scale of the decline, regulation may need to adapt …. Proposals for adapting regulation are identified and critically examined in this paper, particularly in terms of the approach to …

sector regulation and objectives as a context within the process of implementation of competition law in the energy sector … and third, we will investigate how sector regulation in energy sector incorporates competition law principles and affirms … combined with the need for effectiveness and focus on other than competition objectives of sector regulation and we will result …

This paper provides a comprehensive literature review of the ‘Regulatory State' through the lens of utility regulation …

general competition and sector specific frameworks and rules regarding the regulation of the Internal Energy Market …-by-case solutions, which lack the breadth of objectives expressed by sector regulation. On the other hand, sector regulation seems to … hierarchical priority over sector-specific rules and its direct application cannot be excluded when sector regulation is …

service) is subject to regulation. In these industries, regulators are confronted with the potential exercise of market power … by the upstream affiliate when choosing the optimal form of downstream regulation. This paper finds that downstream … regulation in the form of price caps can eliminate the exercise of market power by the regulated firm's upstream affiliate. With …

Measures to make the regulation of product markets more conducive to competition play a prominent role in the … and its enforcement are still weaker than in other OECD countries. Scope for making regulation of product markets more … concurrence. Des autorités de régulation sectorielles ont été mises en place mais elles ont besoin d'une plus grande indépendance …

Much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition ? notwithstanding progress in … objectives in energy market regulation could be achieved at lower cost. In the telecommunications industry, competition in the … local loop can be strengthened. Regulation of the liberal professions is among the most restrictive in the OECD. Entry …