Competition from Latin America.

Such price activity could be equally consistent with active competition.

As a result, contracting authorities might face higher prices and the members of the cartel will enjoy profits above the competitive prices.

Rather, the competition agency's decision was based on market data showing that cement prices had risen by as much as 38 per cent.

Decree No. 92 50 of 29 January 1992 establishing regulations in the field of competition and prices

(iv) when offers for identical products and services have been obtained competitively within a reasonable period and the prices and conditions offered remain competitive

A survey of price setting behaviour in 654 United Kingdom companies found that competition (as measured by numbers of competitors or market shares) increased the frequency of price reviews. See Simon Hall et al., How do UK companies set prices? , Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, May 1996, pp. 180 192.

Moreover, it intensifies competition, resulting in better product quality and lower prices.

Additionally, developing country firms may have competitive advantages in the use of mature technologies and in the production of goods competing on price.

The investigatory powers of the Competition Directorate in identifying and recording unlawful behaviour cover an extensive sphere of application ranging from regulation of the prices of certain products to market transparency and individual or collective competitive abuses.

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.

Representatives of two major fixed line telephone service providers met and agreed to limit price competition between them.

This fact has been and still is a considerable obstacle as far as the development of the sector is concerned, since the shortage of housing supply at competitive prices becomes a direct cause of the illegal occupation of land.

Memorandum of Understanding between the Fiscalia Nacional Económica of Chile and the Competition Bureau of Canada, 17 December 2001.

Competitiveness, being a relative concept, depends on the cost price of the technologies sources that are being substituted.

Increasing competition puts pressure on large telecommunications companies, and the prices of some services tend to decrease.

Little attempt is made below to discuss inefficiency arising from activities associated with market power (such as rent seeking activity in order to obtain or maintain regulatory protection, or non price competition through excessive advertising, product differentiation or service quality), since it is difficult to quantify losses incurred therein, and since non price competition is often beneficial for consumer welfare.

The problem with predatory pricing is that the courts are very unlikely to be able to distinguish unfair prices from effective competition that is a boon to consumers. It is the less efficient competitors, and not consumers, that are the most likely to benefit from punishing Intel for lowering its prices.

Much attention is already being given to the first step, that is, to provide the assurance of supply of nuclear fuel and technology at competitive market prices.

Often lowest price is the sole award criterion in competitions conducted entirely through an ERA.

38. For international business, Bermuda requires effective and competitively priced communications.

To invite Arab States to develop and track the marketing of communication services at competitive rates with a view to enhancing the prosperity of the Arab economy and enabling it to confront global competition

The latter type of obstacle occurs in the market for products and services itself (through dividing up of the market to deter new competitors, sharing out of customers or geographical areas of coverage, action to affect the free setting of prices or mark ups, joint setting of prices or mark ups or the exchange of information on them, as well as common price tariffs, etc.).

Large retailers may also engage in selling below cost and predatory pricing whereby prices are cut aggressively to force competitors to sell at a loss.

Internal obstacles include informational barriers (e.g. unreliable data on the international market), functional barriers (e.g. lack of competencies and trained personnel), product and price barriers (difficulty in matching competitors' prices) and lack of bargaining power, distribution and logistics barriers (e.g. complexity of foreign distribution channels).

In particular, there is the law on freedom of prices and competition, to which UNCTAD contributed significantly.

Ultimately, higher oil prices compete with national development priorities.

They compete with enterprises in the traditional commercial sector, in terms of the presentation of their products, quality of services provided and price.

Another is to attract foreign patients to specialised clinics which provide high quality health care at competitive prices.

The establishment of pertinent databases and a documentation centre at the Competition and Price Directorate, which is regarded as essential.

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

Candidature of the Republic of Turkey for non Permanent Membership in the UN Security Council for 2009 2010.

It turns out that competition and winning is a universal human value.

Raising prices is almost never a real problem. Lowering them or making them rise more slowly than prices in competing countries is painful and unnerving.

Candidature of the Republic of Sierra Leone for non Permanent Membership in UN Security Council for 2006 2007.

However, the anticipated price decreases have not yet materialized, the main reason being that foreign insurance companies are not allowed to invest in hospitals, and the market is therefore still characterized by very limited competition.

The competition agency concluded that the duopolists had formed an illegal agreement by means of their practice of publicly announcing price changes before these became effective, after which each would monitor the reaction of the other and maintain or withdraw the announced change as necessary.

The Mexican competition authority found that the association had engaged in unlawful price fixing and imposed a fine.

The price of ICTs goods and services has fallen because of technological advances, increased competition and loosening trade restrictions.

The paper notes that thanks to e procurement prices can be reduced by 10 to 20 per cent due to increased competition and transaction costs may fall by 50 to 80 per cent.

This creates unfair competition for local farmers in poor countries, who are then unable to sell at fair prices even in their own markets.

The flexibility of the price system in a context of full stability and economic freedom resulted in the international competitiveness shown by a large number of industries.

Traders in developing countries and transition economies needed access to secure, efficient and competitively priced financial services.

Often, developing country firms tend to compete on the basis of price and reliability at the lower or middle levels of product markets.

Three fertilizer manufacturers were found by the Competition Commission to have conspired through trade committees to which they belonged to limit competition among them, which resulted in higher prices and stable market shares.