Regulatory Sandboxes: Ex Ante Regulation or Competition Policy?

This paper focuses on the relationship between EU Competition Law and ex ante regulation by specifically analyzing the case of regulatory sandboxes. It also provides some case studies of regulatory sandboxes and questions their impact of on the goals of promoting competition and innovation in the EU.

By Cristina Poncibò & Laura Zoboli^[1]

I. INTRODUCTION

The European Commission has adopted a clear strategy to promote competition in the digital services markets through a form of asymmetri