Kosovo, similar to the other parts of the former Yugoslavia, does not have a long tradition based on the rules of a free-market economy, where the formal rules of competition are present and respected. As a result, the economy has been largely controlled by the state through socially owned and state-owned enterprises.
However, since 1999 Kosovo’s economic model has undergone a substantial transformation, from a state-controlled economy to a market economy. To establish and support such changes, Kosovo adopted its first Law on Competition in 2004,1 and subsequently enacted the Law on Protection of Competition in 2010.2 In order to enforce the antitrust rules laid out in the laws.
