Commission Report 2002 (Slovakia)

Chapter 6: Competition policy

While not yet fully aligned, legislation in both the state aid and anti-trust fields is now largely in line; the administrative capacity of the State Aid Office has been significantly strengthened; and enforcement of the rules in anti-trust and state aid including the alignment of incompatible aid schemes has been improved. Improvements to the preparation of the state aid inventory and annual reports in line with Commission requirements are also to be noted. Work should continue to increase awareness of the rules among all market participants and aid grantors; and in order to intensify the training of the judiciary in the competition field. Under the Action Plan, the planned merger of the State Aid Office with the anti-Monopoly office has been withdrawn. Overall, the Accession Partnership priorities in the area of competition have largely been met. The measure of the Action Plan has been reviewed and subsequently cancelled.