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Since regaining independence in the early 1990s, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have developed effective competition policies, as part of a process toward achieving functioning market economies. All three countries have competition laws and competition agencies which enforce them. All three are...
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This paper covers the interactions between competition authorities and sector regulators, formally and in practice, in the most frequent situation when the competition authority is a stand-alone body that enforces competition law in all sectors. In addition, it focuses on enforcement cases,...
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Fighting poverty remains a top priority and a key challenge to many countries including in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Although LAC countries have strengthened their competition policy in the past decade, poverty has increased in the region, mostly as effect of the recession which...
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This paper describes the main types of distortive measures jurisdictions may adopt and the tools available to competition authorities in order to address them. It was prepared as background for the discussion "The Promotion of Competitive Neutrality by Competition Authorities" held at the 2021...
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This document consists of a background report prepared by the OECD Secretariat to support the review of Colombia … undertaken by the OECD Competition Committee as part of the process for Colombia’s accession to the OECD [see the Roadmap for the … Accession of Colombia to the OECD Convention - C(2013)110/FINAL]. In accordance with paragraph 14 of Colombia’s Accession …
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The OECD Competition Committee debated the relationship between regulators and competition authorities in June 1998. This document includes an executive summary, an analytical note by the OECD and submissions from Australia, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany,...
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The OECD Competition Committee debated public procurement in June 2007. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by the OECD, written submissions from Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan,...
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Agency independence from political power is a key element of an effective competition regime. Competition authorities differ from each other and they operate in jurisdictions which often have significant legal, political and cultural differences. Thus, there is no one size-fit-for-all model for...
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This paper was prepared as a background note for discussions on “The Optimal Design, Organisation and Powers of Competition Authorities” taking place at the December 2023 session of the OECD Competition Committee’s Working Party No. 3 on Co-operation and Enforcement.
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