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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.
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from 18-Feb-2010 to 19-Feb-2010
Taking place in Paris, the 9th OECD Global Forum on Competition will focus on competition, state aids and subsidies, as well as on collusion and corruption in public procurement. Participants will also discuss a peer review of competition law and policy in Brazil.
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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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11-Aug-2009
The lack of competitiveness is more often a symptom than the cause of one or more underlying economic weaknesses. What is called for, then, is a comprehensive policy response that addresses the sources of the competitiveness problem, rather than targeted interventions designed directly to remedy the growing trade deficit.
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23-Jun-2009
The OECD’s Competition Committee debated competition issues in the current
financial crisis on 17-18 February 2009. This document presents two key
documents from that event: an Executive Summary which draws on the debate and
the written materials and the Background Paper for the discussion. The full set of
materials from the event, including national contributions and a summary of the
discussion, can be found at www.oecd.org/competition/roundtables.
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12-Mar-2009
The Guidelines, which draw on the experience of more than 30 countries, 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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02-Mar-2009
This Issue includes: Cartels - Sanctions against individuals; Prosecuting cartels without direct evidence of agreement; Korea - Updated report on competition law and institutions
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