The Lawmaker Role on Concentrations Control: An Analysis of Albanian Market

Abstract

This paper' search aims to illustrate: the effectiveness of the legislature on market regulation with objective the economic
efficiency' and the context within the “Authority of Competition" implements competition policy. The lawmaker role' on Concentrations
control is illustrated through both theoretical and empirical methods of economics and law.The economic analysis shows that, the
Albanian market is a market of small size and there is a risk of the concentration of the market since the demand is limited and operate
only a limited number of companies. We realized that in matters of concentrations with the old Regulation. 4068 of 1989, Albanian law
provided for only the prohibition of a concentration that creates or strengthens a dominant position, but didn't provided for the abuse that
occur by this position, as provided by European legislation. In addition, the same regulation didn't give to the Competition Authority the
possibility to take account of technical progress, as the Community Law. In 2008, the Albanian authority, review the provisions of Law
no. 9121 of 28 July 2003 "On Protection of Competition" in order to meet requirements to European competition law under the European
integration process. At the end, the results of the paper, on the effective' market situation in Albania, will be exposed according to
economic analysis of law.