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Sped-Pro: The Impact of Rule-of-Law Backsliding on the Enforcement of (EU) Competition Law Cover

Sped-Pro: The Impact of Rule-of-Law Backsliding on the Enforcement of (EU) Competition Law

By: Kati Cseres and  Karolina Hwija  
Open Access
|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2023.28.04.08 | Journal eISSN: 2719-9452 | Journal ISSN: 1689-7404
Language: English, Polish
Page range: 131 - 144
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 8, 2023
Published on: Dec 12, 2023
Published by: University of Białystok
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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