The ICN 2012 Advocacy Workshop, hosted by the Autorité de la concurrence in Paris on October 26-27, was a huge success. The workshop gathered more than 120 participants from 50 different jurisdictions.   For those unable to attend, the workshop addressed substantial policy issues – most notably regarding advocacy to government – with a […]

  The Unilateral Conduct Working Group has developed an impressive body of work that provides guidance on defining market power and dominance:  Recommended Practices on Dominance/Substantial Market Power Analysis Pursuant to Unilateral Conduct Laws;  Report on the Objectives of Unilateral Conduct Laws, Assessment of Dominance / Substantial Market Power, and State-Created Monopolies; and  Workbook Chapter […]

  Please see the following ICN Quarterly Update, courtesy of Bruno Lasserre, ICN NGA Liaison and President of the Autorité de la concurrence.     Dear ICN community, Welcome to the last ICN update for 2010. 1. ICN’s 2nd decade: update on progress. The Steering Group’s discussions in October and December focused on the 2nd […]

  The Advocacy Working Group is pleased to announce that a new advocacy postings facility has gone live on the ICN website – click here.  ICN member agencies and NGAs are encouraged to post information on their advocacy activities, relevant speeches and articles, and any advocacy issues they may wish to discuss.  <HR>

Unilateral Conduct in the Pharmaceutical Industry SAVE THE DATE — Tuesday, November 2, 2010 The Unilateral Conduct Working Group will present a teleseminar on unilateral conduct in the pharmaceutical industry. Speakers from the European Commission, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States will discuss whether certain practices are or are not anticompetitive and […]

 As one of its top priorities for this year, the Merger Working Group (MWG) is conducting a comprehensive assessment of its work product and ICN membership needs.  A survey on the MWG for all ICN members is available from the MWG’s webpage.  The MWG will analyze the information gathered in the survey to assess the […]

  Please do send in your responses to the Advocacy Working Group’s questionnaire on the Draft Market Studies Good Practice Handbook if you haven’t already done so. The AWG welcomes your feedback and there will be a teleconference in December to discuss the results. Also your answers will feed in to the work to finalize […]

  CARTEL WORKSHOP October 5-7, 2010 Yokohama, Japan  The Japan Fair Trade Commission will host the 7th annual ICN cartel workshop. The theme of this year’s workshop is the efficient detection, investigation and punishment of cartel conduct – making the best use of agency resources.  Contact the workshop host here.   MERGER WORKSHOP November 3-4, […]

  This week, ICNBlog opens up the ICN’s ‘treasure trove’ of work product to showcase some of the topics presented five years ago at the 2005 ICN Annual Conference, hosted by the German Bundeskartellamt in Bonn, Germany.  Each day, ICNBlog presents different links from the 2005 work product. The Report on Interrelations Between Antitrust and […]

  This week, ICNBlog opens up the ICN’s ‘treasure trove’ of work product to showcase some of the topics presented five years ago at the 2005 ICN Annual Conference, hosted by the German Bundeskartellamt in Bonn, Germany.  Each day, ICNBlog presents different links from the 2005 work product. The 2005 Merger Remedies Review Report provides […]