The statute does not provide that the Antitrust Division or other
competition policy experts be included on the Council.
The EU's
competition policy in the banking, transport and energy sectors should be more hard-hitting, says a report by Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (ALDE, Spain) adopted by the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg, on 11 December, with 604 votes in favour, 48 against and 41 abstentions.
Basing the discussion on the premise that the introduction of pro-competition policy and law is unlikely to be effective without such prerequisites as representative and accountable government, the rule of law, efficient and effective public services, and low levels of corruption in governmental and business affairs, this collection of national case studies, edited by Williams (Hong Kong Polytechnic U., China), examines the political economy environment of 11 countries of the Asia-Pacific region in terms of their suitability for current
competition policy and law and expected future developments.
Gaomab said: "The Namibian Competition Com mission needs to give greater consideration to the voice of consumers as well in competition proceedings to educate consumers on the better understanding of the significance of
competition policy and law in Namibia.
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competition policy is the way the state can regulate the markets functioning in order to protect the consumers from the economic agents' restrictive practices in their natural tendency of cornering a market.
KOLKATA -- Describing the proposed national
competition policy as the second financial revolution, that would also bring down foodgrain prices, Corporate Affairs Minister M.
Stressing that Turkey fulfilled its responsibilities in
competition policy chapter, Bagis said that Turkey would avoid negative steps that would affect successful economic performance.
Addressing a conference on Building "Friends of Competition" in India, organised by CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (CIRC) and Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), Ministry of Corporate Affairs here, Moily said "the stage is set for
competition policy reforms."
In this paper I integrate the literature on the evolution of the role of
competition policy, the adoption and effective implementation of competition law-policy, the effective application of competition law-policy, and the economic advantages of competition, with the issues of competition in European markets, the benefits of promoting competition in domestic markets in Latin American economies, the merits and benefits of fostering competitive markets, and the actual consequences of a conduct on the competitive process.
A US Senate subcommittee on Antitrust,
Competition Policy and Consumer Rights is to examine the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines on 27 May 2010.
(21) Part III.B.3 explains that, because of the focus on international convergence of
competition policy, the United States domestic response to Leegin will likely play a role in determining the actions of Canada and the EU.