This demonstrated that Norwegian industry managed to obtain a very good position relative to its competitors, and that it demonstrated its competitiveness.

In 2003, a total of 41,173 women competed to fill vacancies, and they accounted for 56.8 of the total number of applicants.

Competition means, not only were there a hundred different political units in Europe in 1500, but within each of these units, there was competition between corporations as well as sovereigns.

Tenders in the Civil Service

Women were also free to contest general seats.

Article 48 The Company shall make detailed analysis on the general situation of the competition pattern in the industry as well as its position, its competitive advantage and disadvantage.

Competition provides incentives to undertake research and development (R amp D) and to introduce new production methods and products in order to stay ahead of competitors.

Competition is very tough, even for small contracts, and countries are much more careful than they used to be to obtain advantages and contracts for their own industries.

The project s main objective is to examine changes in the competitive position of major pollution intensive industries over the past 25 years, especially producers in newly industrializing countries.

In competition for FDI, poorer countries are relatively disadvantaged.

Trade facilitation contributes to enhancing the competitive position of small exporters in foreign markets.

Although price competition among large conglomerates from the Republic of Korea was generally limited to international markets, firms competed vigorously to win temporary monopolistic positions or subsidies.

In this context, competition policy assumed pride of place, and there was a direct, necessary and growing relationship between FDI liberalization and competition policy.

Is this freedom of speech?

Another delegate requested UNCTAD to undertake analytical work on the methodologies for assessing and benchmarking competitiveness in order to develop a framework to better assess competitiveness of developing countries and their enterprises.

Moreover, it would no doubt put the United Nations as an employer at a further competitive disadvantage.

Cycling breeds camaraderie, and the only competition is with the terrain, which is to say ourselves.

All successful candidates in a national competitive recruitment examination also have geographic status.

Competition policy treatment of cartels, abuse of dominance monopolization, abuse of buyer power and the exercise of intellectual property rights

Competition policy treatment of cartels, abuse of dominance monopolization, abuse of buyer power and the exercise of intellectual property rights

However, it should not be forgotten that ordinance No. 95 06 of 25 January 1995 on competition prohibits not dominant position but the abuse of a dominant position as reflected in the types of behaviour listed in article 7, constituting obstacles to free competition.

Some of the cases reviewed demonstrate that anti competitive practices such as collusion and abuse of dominance occur in a variety of sectors and that in many instances anti competitive practices involve a mixture of vertical and horizontal anti competitive practices.

Competition law and policy have also been linked more directly to trade issues.

The Norwegian Competition Authority successfully used this procedure to ensure that the market remained competitive.

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One result is that growing attention is being paid at the national level to the need to combine increased contestability with competition policies aimed at preventing market concentration and abuse of dominant positions, and or with policies directly aimed at improving the competitiveness of domestic enterprises.

A significant amendment in this field was the enactment of the Public Tender Law (Amendment no. 12 from 2002), relating to State tenders for purchasing goods, real estate, and services which prohibits discrimination amid the candidates in a government tender for certain grounds, including gender, sexual inclination, personal status and parenthood.

Now with anger, you've got two people on an even playing field.

Geographical delimitation, measuring the degree of competition over a given area.

Short and long term missions were organized at the Office to assist in the revision of the competition law and the evaluation of mergers and vertical restraints, abuse of dominance, etc.

(a) A meeting on competition law and policy, as called for in the report of the Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy

programmes on competition law and policy

And of course, those feelings of the status competition that comes out of that drives the consumerism in our society.

Candidacy of Dr Abdelfattah Omar (Republic of Tunisia) to the position of judge at the International Court of Justice.

It would give permanent membership to 11 States, consigning 180 other States to competition for 14 seats.

Meeting of Experts on Competition Law and Policy 13 15 November

Competition law and policy formulation in Malawi

Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy 24 26 November

America s declining competitiveness as an attractive place to locate production and employment.

It is a free competition, but is it also fair?

So in Morocco, for example, they finished third in the political race but they were only allowed to contest half the seats.

He urged the President of the Trade and Development Board to begin as soon as possible the consultations to define the status of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy and the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting.

Lack of information regarding developments in these fields acts as barriers to modernization of trade and thus hinders the competitive position of countries.

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One delegate shared the experiences of his country as it related to enhancement of SME competitiveness.