For those of you not attending the Unilateral Conduct Workshop on 2-3 December 2010, hosted in Brussels by the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, we invite you to watch a live webcast of the workshop’s plenary sessions.  To do so, click here or follow the link on the ICN website, which contains […]

  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>

  Earlier this year, the CPI Antitrust Journal published a piece by the Competition Commission of Singapore entitled: “Building Up A Young Competition Agency: The Competition Commission of Singapore’s Experience.“  This article is available on the CCS website, here.

  Well-functioning markets are a precondition for effective environmental policy. This is a conclusion of a new report from the Nordic competition authorities, found here. <HR>

  OFT recently published a review of entry, expansion, and exit barriers in retail banking. OFT launched the study in May 2010 to identify obstacles blocking firms from entering the sector or from successfully competing against existing firms, as well as factors preventing inefficient firms from exiting the market and being replaced by more efficient […]

  On November 2, 2010, the Unilateral Conduct Working Group held a teleseminar on unilateral conduct in the pharmaceutical industry.  To listen to a recording of the program, click here.  To view the accompanying slide deck, click here. <HR>