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Silva, Aníbal Cavaco --- "Speech by the President of the Republic at the Opening Session of the Second Lisbon Conference on Competition Law and Economics" [2010] ELECD 349; in Mateus, M. Abel; Moreira, Teresa (eds), "Competition Law and Economics" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010)

Book Title: Competition Law and Economics

Editor(s): Mateus, M. Abel; Moreira, Teresa

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848449992

Section: Chapter 1

Section Title: Speech by the President of the Republic at the Opening Session of the Second Lisbon Conference on Competition Law and Economics

Author(s): Silva, Aníbal Cavaco

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

1. Speech by the President of the
Republic at the opening session of
the Second Lisbon Conference on
Competition Law and Economics
Aníbal Cavaco Silva

It gives me great pleasure to associate myself with this Conference on
Competition Law and Economics, at the invitation of Professor Abel
Mateus, President of the Competition Authority, whom I congratulate,
from the outset, for this initiative.
Today, the topic of competition is of vital importance; undoubtedly,
within the Portuguese and European areas and, increasingly, in the inter-
national sphere itself. The European Commission's commitment to the
field of competition policies is a good witness to this fact.
Many economic inefficiencies that exist, true barriers to well-being and
development, can be rectified or overcome only when undertakings are
subject to the pressure of healthy competition.
In our societies and economies, safeguarding the public good that com-
petition represents is carried out, above all, through respect for the rules
aimed at guaranteeing that the markets function well. It is a very demand-
ing field, which demands a multidisciplinary approach. For this reason, I
consider the holding of this conference highly opportune. It continues the
work of deepening the mutual comprehension among professionals with
different training bases, around the topic of competition.
In this area, co-operation among legal experts, managers and econo-
mists is of fundamental importance. This may be within the framework of
legislative formalisation or from the perspective of the legal appreciation
of economic arguments or, again, with regard to the ...