Impact Assessment of Legal Regulation on Competition: a Critical Analysis of the Experience of the EAEU and other International Organizations and Regional Associations

The article considers the problem of impact assessment of legal regulation on competition. This research has been conducted in order to increase the effectiveness of the activities of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) for the protection and development of competition. Special attention has been paid to the study of the impact assessment mechanism of legal regulation on competition in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and other international organizations and regional associations.
The best practices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Union (EU), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) have been analyzed based on the statutory, regulatory and advisory documents, as well as voluntary peer-reviews.
It is concluded that the best conditions for assessing the impact on competition in Eurasian region could be created when it is carried out in all member states of the Union and in the EAEU as a whole based on a standard methodology

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