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Well-designed competition law, effective law enforcement and competition-based economic reform promote increased efficiency, economic growth and employment for the benefit of all. OECD work on competition law and policy actively encourages decision-makers in government to tackle anti-competitive practices and regulations and promotes market-oriented reform throughout the world.
Permanent URL: www.oecd.org/competition
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10-Aug-2010
Volume 11 features articles on energy security and competition policy, competition policy for vertical relations in gasoline retailing, the interface between competition and consumer policies, and competition policy in Peru.
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14-May-2010
This peer review documents progress made since the 2005 review and highlights structural changes that would result from proposed revisions to Brazil’s competition law. Produced in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, this report is available in English and Portuguese.
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from 18-Feb-2010 to 19-Feb-2010
The 9th OECD Global Forum on Competition focused on competition, state aids and subsidies, as well as on collusion and corruption in public procurement. Participants discussed a peer review of competition law and policy in Brazil. The new EU Commissioner for Competition, Mr. Joaquín Almunia, made a keynote speech on competition policy, state aids and subsidies at the opening session.
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17-Nov-2009
This Recommendation calls for governments to identify existing or proposed public policies that unduly restrict competition and to revise them by adopting more pro-competitive alternatives.
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06-Oct-2009
The term "resale price maintenance" refers to a practice in which suppliers and resellers come to an understanding that places restrictions on the prices resellers may charge. There are several types of such agreements, the most common involves a supplier agreeing with retailers not to charge less than a certain price for the supplier's product. RPM may harm consumers by restricting intrabrand price competition, but RPM may benefit consumers by promoting interbrand competition. Despite these mixed effects, most OECD countries treat RPM as a per se violation of their competition laws.
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08-Sep-2009
The term “refusal to deal” describes a situation in which one firm refuses to sell to another firm, or is willing to sell only at a price that is considered “too high” or only under conditions that are deemed unacceptable. RTDs may harm competition by preventing entry that would have eroded or eliminated the dominant firm’s position. They may also restrict competition in markets where the dominant firm’s product is an input or a complement.
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12-Mar-2009
These guidelines provide the most comprehensive strategy available today for designing tenders to hinder bid rigging conspiracies and for uncovering existing conspiracies. They can be applied in a decentralised manner across government at both national and local levels and are simple enough for use by officials with no specialised economics or competition policy training.
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