E. International issues in competition law enforcement

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

Competition related issues

Competition related issues

b. Parliamentary documentation background documents on the review of capacity building and technical assistance on competition law and policy (2) reports on competition law and policy issues (6)

Competition law enforcement

competition law and policy

Apart from public procurement, ERAs raise competition and governance issues, which require treatment under relevant branches of law.

B. Bilateral tripartite agreements on competition law

I Agreements on competition law enforcement 29

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.

agreements with competition law and policy provisions 32

Relationship between competition law and policy and subsidies.

Recommends the continuation and strengthening of the important and useful work programme within UNCTAD's secretariat and intergovernmental machinery that addresses competition law and policy issues and proceeds with the active support and participation of competition law and policy authorities of member States

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

See OECD, Competition Law and Policy in South Africa.

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

See Chang, Deuk Soo, Suggestions For Enhancing Effectiveness Of Cooperation On Competition Law and Policy At Regional Level From Korea's Experience , in UNCTAD, Trade and Competition Issues experiences at regional level (UNCTAD DITC CLP 2005 1).

(ix) Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy

Private international law issues

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

Chapter II describes experiences in cooperation on competition law and policy.

The Fair Competition Act is a general law of general application.

Decides that the 2006 session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy will consider the following issues for better implementation of the Set

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

This could not have been achieved without the continuous technical assistance received from UNCTAD, including the provision of material on competition enforcement and competition advocacy, particularly a manual on the formulation and application of competition law, as well as seminars for investigators, judges and practitioners of competition law.

The maximum fine allowed by the competition law may be too small.

Competition law and policy and its benefits for the alleviation of poverty

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

Competition related issues It is worth recalling that, at the national level, a large number of developing countries still lack competition related legislation.

As of 1999, the competition agencies had prosecuted only one cartel case under the country's competition law, which was enacted in 1988.

The competition law may not provide for sufficiently large fines or other sanctions.

No bilateral cooperation agreement on competition law enforcement provides for dispute settlement mechanisms.

Provisions dealing with horizontal agreement are one of the cornerstones of competition law.

This report describes analytically the main types of competition policy provisions contained in selected agreements on competition law enforcement and regional trading arrangements.

A peer review of the Russian Federation's competition law and policy took place at the Fourth Global Competition Forum (12 13 February 2004).

For a commentary, see G. Lipimile, Allocation of competences between national and regional competition authorities, in UNCTAD, Trade And Competition Issues Experiences At Regional Level.

The WTO agreements contain a number of general provisions potentially relevant to competition policy, as well as several provisions dealing specifically with competition policy issues.

Effective enforcement of competition law can prevent the likely adverse effects by prohibiting such mergers, allowing them with conditions or issuing divest orders, as may be provided by the relevant competition law provisions.

Unlike in the case of the EU competition provisions, NAFTA members have not committed themselves explicitly to developing any form of supranational competition law.