Resolving the conflict of interests of state companies in the field of competition law

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student in private law, Gorgan branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran

10.22034/mral.2023.1990773.1444

Abstract

A conflict of interest is a situation in which some individuals, whether natural or legal entities, can make one or more decisions related to a specific issue, and if the decision maker makes a decision in favor of certain individuals, a conflict of interest has occurred. This is the case with state-owned companies. It is more important because governments give legitimacy to this process by making regulations. Considering that regulation can provide the fields for the activities of state-owned companies, deregulation in the form of removing or modifying regulations. It can balance the presence of private and public companies in the economy. Based on the principles stipulated in the competition law, the possibility of conflict of interest in the case of state-owned companies is more than other companies active in the economic field. Based on this, the main question that this research seeks to answer is to examine legal solutions to resolve The conflict is between state-owned companies. The solutions presented in this article can be divided into two categories: normative and structural. The research method in this research is descriptive-analytical, and the library method was used to collect the sources. The results of this research show that deregulation and creating equal opportunities between public and private companies play an important role in improving the performance of these companies and resolving conflicts.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 08 July 2023
  • Receive Date: 05 March 2023
  • Revise Date: 28 June 2023
  • Accept Date: 08 July 2023