Competition assessment identifies legislative and policy measures that may restrict market competition and recommends advocacy and remedial review. The Guidelines direct systematic assessment of laws and policies for their potential to restrict competition, reflecting the Commission's mandate to prevent anti-competitive practices and to provide government opinions. Emphasising advocacy alongside sanctions, the Guidelines stress that state interventions, though often corrective, can unintentionally harm competitive features-broad participation, free entry and exit, information symmetry and price-taking-and call for review and reform of legislative elements that impede competition and consumer choice.
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Competition assessment identifies legislative and policy measures that may restrict market competition and recommends advocacy and remedial review.
The Guidelines direct systematic assessment of laws and policies for their potential to restrict competition, reflecting the Commission's mandate to prevent anti-competitive practices and to provide government opinions. Emphasising advocacy alongside sanctions, the Guidelines stress that state interventions, though often corrective, can unintentionally harm competitive features-broad participation, free entry and exit, information symmetry and price-taking-and call for review and reform of legislative elements that impede competition and consumer choice.
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