ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the supervision of the international activities of national competition authorities (NCAs) within transnational competition networks (TCNs). The more developed the international cooperation of NCAs, the more likely that it will affect the legal positions of participants to competition proceedings and other addressees of NCAs’ actions. Therefore, this chapter analyses how international cooperation between NCAs within TCNs may influence the rights of parties and other participants to competition proceedings. The general supervision of the international activities of NCAs within TCNs is also discussed using Poland as an example. The chapter outlines the hierarchical administrative supervision of the international activities of the Polish NCA, and the supervision exercised by the Ombudsman and the Public Prosecutor, special independent public authorities and the European Commission. The judicial control exercised by national, transnational and international courts is also examined. This is followed by an analysis of the parliamentary and social control of public administration in Poland. In its conclusion. the chapter points out that strengthening national mechanisms of control over the international functioning of NCAs would enhance their accountability not only at the national level, but also – paradoxically – at the transnational level. Better supervision and accountability of NCAs would translate into better supervision and accountability of TCNs.
