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The paper "Essentialities concerning the competition policy in the European Union, the 2012-2016 period" presents the decisions adopted at European Union level in relation to the breech of the competition rules by the Member States. In the first part of the paper, I drew a parallel between the state aids granted at EU level for the banking system, deeply affected by the economic crisis, and the aids granted for supporting other sectors. Afterwards, I made a brief presentation of the main anti-competitive and of the decisions related to them in the analysed period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper aims to analyze the competitive economic environment in the European Union in the period 2010-2015. In the first part of the research we have presented a few theoretical aspects relating to competition and then we analyzed the main investigations triggered by the European Commission in the field of competition for the period under review. Commission policies in matters of antitrust and mergers and application with their bigger efficacy had brought into the spotlight the welfare of consumers, in particular through a thorough economic analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]