REPORT OF THE EXPERT MEETING ON COMPETITION LAW

Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy 24 26 November

Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy 24 26 November

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

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

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

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

competition law and policy

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

Competition law and competition authority could be introduced in due course.

Agreements on competition law enforcement

In line with paragraph 114 of A Partnership for Growth and Development (TD 377), the Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy will last three days.

programmes on competition law and policy

Under this item, the Expert Meeting is expected to give guidance to the UNCTAD secretariat as to further work to be undertaken on competition law and policy.

I Agreements on competition law enforcement 29

Chairperson, Competition Law and Policy Committee, OECD

Competition law and policy formulation in Malawi

Chile 1995 commented on competition law amendments

Malaysia 1995 advised on draft competition law

23. In Benin, the Ministry for Commerce has received assistance from an expert from the Federal Cartel Office (Germany) in connection with the preparation of its draft competition law.

Relationship between competition law and policy and subsidies.

II. Issues related to competition law of particular

THE BENEFITS OF APPLYING COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY

AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES ON COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy

Recognizing further the need for effective competition law enforcement,

(d) Relationship between competition law and policy and subsidies.

Thirteenth Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition, 2004

Fourteenth Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition, 2005

Annex I ISSUES RELATED TO COMPETITION LAW OF PARTICULAR

Lithuania 1995 commented on draft amendments to competition law

Ukraine 1997 advised on amendments to the competition law.

According to the analysts of the EU competition law rules, showing during the auction overall ranking instead of prices is preferable from competition law prospective.

I. Agreed recommendations on the work programme, including technical assistance, advisory and training programmes on competition law and policy and the provisional agenda for the second session of the expert meeting

Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition of the International Institute of Space Law

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

ISSUES RELATED TO COMPETITION LAW OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO DEVELOPMENT

Basically, these regulations follow patterns of the EC competition law.

Kazakhstan 1995 and 1996 commented on amendments to competition law

31. The Vice Chairman of the Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy, speaking on behalf of the Chairman of that Meeting, introduced the report and agreed recommendations of the Expert Meeting, which had been held in Geneva from 13 to 15 November 1996.

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

Following the seminar, another British competition expert was selected and engaged by UNCTAD to prepare the legislation.

26. In 1994, the Estonian Competition Board received assistance from the European Union apos s PHARE programme involving seminars on competition law, detailed advice of PHARE experts on cases, and assistance on the reform of Estonian competition law.

They include, in particular, studies on Advocacy functions of competition authorities Competition aspects of the main WTO agreements Competition policy in countries in transition , FDI related issues of competition and RBPs and The development dimension of competition law and policy .