He appealed for a more collusive business environment, with the profits made from consumers to be shared between employers and workers.

The collusive behaviour distorted competition in the fuel market to the detriment of the end customer who bought fuel from filling stations.

The investigation was initiated in 1997 and concluded that the offending companies agreed to distribute customers amongst themselves while also participating in collusive tendering (bid rigging).

In developing countries in particular, an alert merger policy is important so that these transactions do not result in unilateral or collusive anti competitive effects, which would hinder the development process.

(3) The provision of information during electronic reverse auctions as provided for in paragraph 1 (b) may give rise to concerns, in that so doing may encourage price signalling or collusive behaviour.

(5) In order to minimize the risk of collusive practices, including price signalling, and to preserve bidders' anonymity during the electronic reverse auction, enacting States may wish to specify the minimum number of suppliers or contractors in the appropriate market that are anticipated to participate in the electronic reverse auction .