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11-Jan-2011
Competition in all sectors should be improved e.g. by lowering import tariffs, and applying recommendations from the OECD peer review of Colombia’s competition law and policy.
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14-Nov-2008
Competition law and policy in the Czech Republic have converged on European practices. Since the OECD review of Czech competition policy in 2001, the country has joined the European Union, while the Czech Competition Act has been revised and now closely follows the substantive terms and enforcement methods of the European Commission.
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24-Feb-2009
The OECD has issued revised product market regulation indicators to measure how far rules and laws promote or inhibit competition. The indicators cover state control of businesses, legal and administrative barriers to entrepreneurship and obstacles to international trade and investment.
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13-Feb-2009
In a statement issued today (12 February 2009), the OECD, the IMF and the World Bank underscored the urgent need for measures to restore banks’ lending capacity and for fiscal stimulus to combat the economic crisis. They also warned against protectionist policies, which they said would slow down global recovery. The statement was issued following a joint seminar held at OECD headquarters on 4 February 2009 to discuss the response to the crisis.
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15-Oct-2008
Governments devote a large share of taxpayers’ money to public
procurement – purchasing goods and services from road building to school
textbooks. But how can they be sure that they are getting good value for
money, and that companies seeking public contracts are not conspiring to
undermine the principle of competitive bidding?
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14-May-2007
Non member economies that wish to participate in the Competition Committee as observers in 2008-2009 are invited to submit their applications no later than 31 August 2007. The Committee will decide in October 2007 which applicants will be proposed to the Council for approval. The application must explain how the applicant will fulfill the elements of the Competition Committee's Proactive Strategy vis-à-vis Non Members.
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07-Jul-2006
There is broad agreement among competition agencies from OECD countries that the purpose of competition policy is to protect competition, not competitors. In pursuing that objective, many agencies and courts have repeatedly used the phrase “competition on the merits” to explain and justify their views on how to distinguish conduct that harms competition from conduct that advances it. Yet that phrase has never been satisfactorily defined.
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China needs far-reaching reforms in public and corporate governance, OECD says
07-Sep-2005
China needs to make wide-ranging changes in the way it runs its public and private sectors if it is to continue on a stable growth path leading to full integration into the world economy, according to a new report from the OECD.
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