Enabling

Note: a description about Enabling is also available in the Competition Law Portal of the European Encyclopedia of Law.

Enabling regulation in the European Antitrust Law

Meaning of Enabling regulation provided by the “Glossary of terms used in EU competition policy” (European Commission. Directorate-General for Competition. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, cop. 2002): Legislative act by which the Council empowers the Commission to adopt secondary Community legislation (in the form of regulations or directives) such as, for example, block exemption regulations or implementing regulations.