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

Meeting of Experts on Competition Law and Policy 13 15 November

Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy 24 26 November

Related Financial Issues

Competition related issues

Report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy

(a) Endorses the recommendations of the Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy

Competition related issues

Competitiveness was an issue on which the debate had perhaps evolved most.

II. CONSULTATIONS ON COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY, INCLUDING THE MODEL LAW AND STUDIES RELATED

Issues related to the competitive examination system

The Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy is required to report to the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues. 1 Notes

This brings in the critical issue of government policy coordination granting the competition agency an alternative avenue for dealing with competition issues.

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

Sustainability has got to be a pre competitive issue.

Agreed recommendations of the Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy (TD B COM.2 EM L.2)

As for the institutional machinery, there were two components of the Competition Authority a government agency and an autonomous competition council.

And there was some concern that in some parts of the country there might be voter suppression.

International cooperation on competition issues should be encouraged.

See on this P. Brusick and J. Clarke, Operationalizing special and differential treatment in cooperation agreement on competition law and policy, in UNCTAD, Trade and Competition Issues Experiences at Regional Level.

Report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy on its sixth session (TD B COM.2 CLP 48)

24. The representative of Mexico described the work of the Federal Competition Commission since adoption of the Competition Act in 1991.

32. The spokesman for the African Group (Morocco) said that his Group attached great importance to the issue of competition law and policy.

It had been agreed by the General Assembly in 1980 that UNCTAD was an appropriate forum to discuss competition law and policy issues.

Since competition laws and policy represented an extremely multidimensional and complicated issue, more international organizations would be involved in its consideration in the years to come.

CONSULTATIONS ON COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY, INCLUDING THE MODEL LAW AND STUDIES RELATED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SET OF PRINCIPLES AND RULES

The Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy, meeting in Geneva from 13 to 15 November 1996,

Furthermore, his Group believed that UNCTAD provided the most appropriate forum for dealing with the issue of competition law and policies.

ISSUES RELATED TO COMPETITION LAW OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO DEVELOPMENT

The lectures covered economic issues and competition rules.

3. Consultations on competition law and policy, including the Model Law and studies related to the provisions of the Set of Principles and Rules

Competition experts agree that the most severe sanctions available under a competition law should be reserved for cartel operators.

(a) Consultations on competition law and policy, including the Model Law and studies related to the provisions of the Set of Principles and Rules

(c) International aspects of competition and the problems for competition law enforcement, including international mergers and industrial concentration which affect other countries and the strengthening of international cooperation. Annex II

(c) International aspects of competition and the problems for competition law enforcement, including international mergers and industrial concentration which affect other countries and the strengthening of international cooperation.

Rules governing competition in domestic or international markets address this problem.

II. Issues related to competition law of particular

4. Issues related to competition law of particular relevance to development

4. Issues related to competition law of particular relevance to development.

Linked to the issue of market concentration, licensing and competition is also the question of economies of scale.

Under the Côte d apos Ivoire competition law, the executive may request opinions from the Competition Commission on questions relating to competition, and must make such a request where draft legislation would limit competition the authority may itself take the initiative.

20. In the wake of these problems, road transport competition has increased.

Topic 1 Experience of developing countries with the implementation of competition law and policy

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy

On 30 June 2005, the Competition Commission recommended to the Competition Tribunal that a proposed merger involving Medicross Healthcare Group (Pty) Ltd and Prime Cure Holdings (Pty) Ltd be prohibited on the ground that it raises serious competition and public interest concerns.