The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) financed two internships, at the Federal Competition Commission (Mexico) and the Competition Authority in Chile respectively.

25 1996) (production quotas maintained by Parma ham producers in Italy the Federal Trade Commission deferred enforcement action to the Italian competition authority).

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

Available on the website of the Hungarian competition authority, www.gvh.hu.

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

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

His competition authority was ready to contribute to the implementation and development of the competition policy provisions of the Southern African Customs Union.

Except where otherwise noted, the participants were employees of the national competition authority concerned.

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

In 1996, the Competition Authority met with the Presidents of the Czech Republic and Ukraine.

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.

It clearly defines the question of power sharing between the state governments and the federal authority within the federal system in the country.

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) had provided assistance to the Transitional Federal Government.

25. The representative of Venezuela said that it was not sufficient to adopt a competition law and establish a competition authority, for most developing countries and countries in transition did not have a competition culture .

He described the initial experiences of his country's competition authority in implementing its recently adopted competition law in respect of transactions involving both domestic and foreign firms.

(b) The draft federal law regulating the use of force by police during deportations and during the transport of detainees ordered by a federal authority

Arrangement Between The Fair Trade Commission Of The Republic Of Korea And The Federal Competition Commission Of The United Mexican States Regarding The Application Of Their Competition Laws , Seoul, 23 April 2004.

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

An essay competition was organized for primary, middle and secondary level students at the federal and provincial levels in May 2003.

The Seminar was extremely timely in the light of the forthcoming establishment in Sri Lanka of a new, more integrated competition authority to deal with both competition and consumer protection issues.

The Memoranda of Agreement between the Competition Authority of South Africa and sector regulators can be viewed at www.compcom.co.za.

In recent years, the Hungarian competition authority has successfully prosecuted several cases involving bid rigging in the construction industry.

The Polish competition authority learned of an agreement among taxi operators in one Polish city to charge uniform prices.

Following the adoption of the Zambian Fair Trade and Competition Act and the organization of a national Competition Seminar in December 1995, which recommended the creation of a Competition Authority, two advisory missions were undertaken by UNCTAD with a view to assisting in the establishment of the national Competition Commission.

15. A draft project on Support for the finalization of the initial application of Egypt s competition law has been elaborated by UNCTAD with a view to providing technical support in the process of enacting competition legislation and establishing a competition authority responsible for the enforcement of competition legislation in Egypt.

Study visits to the Swedish Competition Authority and to the United Kingdom and the participation of the Board s officials in several conferences in the field of competition law and policy were financed.

At the bilateral level, the Italian Competition Authority participated in two technical assistance programmes set up by the European Commission.

The Italian Competition Authority believes in this respect that it would be necessary to study in more detail the procedural aspects and the institutional framework which could ensure efficient implementation of competition rules.

In conclusion, the representatives of the JFTC enquired whether a competition authority could successfully pursue cartel investigations without a leniency programme.

He described the experiences of the Turkish Competition Authority since its establishment in 1997, stressing that, as an independent organization, the Authority had fulfilled its responsibilities effectively and in a transparent manner.

The representative of Jordan, recalling that a competition law had been adopted by her Government in 2002, described how the competition authority was organized, its initial decisions, and the training programmes that had been implemented.

In Mexico, although the competition law has been in force since 1993, the activism of the competition authority has already had a great impact on the general attitude and approach to doing business in Mexico.

A priori, on the basis of the classification of the typical tasks assigned to sector regulators and competition authorities (see box 1), it would seem logical to confine sector regulators to economic and technical regulation and assign competition protection and access regulation to the competition authority.

(d) Advisory services for the setting up of a competition authority this usually includes training of officials responsible for the actual control of RBPs and may involve training workshops and or on the job training with competition authorities in countries having experience in the field of competition

In June 2005 the Competition Council of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH Gazdasági Versenyhivatal) found evidence that Finland's Kemira Graw Haow, Europe's second largest fertilizer producer, and Belgium's Tessanderlo had been colluding in the Hungarian fertilizer market.

The Norwegian Competition Authority has intervened against the merger between two American drilling equipment companies, National Oilwell Inc. and Varco International Inc. National.

It was agreed with the Swedish Competition Authority to organize a number of seminars for Estonian judges in the second half of 1997.

A Competition Seminar co financed with the United States Federal Trade Commission is planned to take place as soon as Costa Rica finds sources of funding.

The Federal Court also has authority to order the stay of an expulsion order pending consideration of an application for judicial review.

Accordingly, the Norwegian Competition Authority ordered the sale of National Oilwell's Norwegian subsidiaries active in drilling equipment sales and services on 22 June 2005.

66. Nicaragua Assistance is requested in the form of (a) training in the areas of law application procedures used by other competent authorities and analysis of specific cases (b) seminars to disseminate information on the concept of competition (c) establishment of a competition authority and preparation of studies on competition and related policies.

Under these agreements, each competition authority pledges to devote adequate resources and its best efforts to investigating matters referred to it and to inform the other side's competition authorities on request, or at reasonable intervals, of the status of the case.

The Mexican competition authority has decided a series of cases (beginning in 1999) involving price fixing agreements and horizontal territorial agreements among sellers of tortillas.

Some recent agreements provide for positive comity , under which requests by one country's competition authority to another country's authority to initiate or expand proceedings against RBPs originating in the latter's territory which adversely affect the first country's important interests should be seriously considered by the authority so requested.

However, it is now recommended that the Transitional Federal Government should work closely with the International Civil Aviation Organization, through the Civil Aviation Caretaker Authority for Somalia, to enable the Transitional Federal Government to undertake its aeronautical responsibilities.