Author: 21st Century Competition

Competition Advocacy as a Tool for Promoting Competition Culture and Combating Public Restraint: The Case of Pakistan (Competition Policy International)

Pakistan is one of the few countries that have had competition legislation since before 1970; in Pakistan the legislation was in the form of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Control and Prevention) Ordinance of 1970. However, in October 2007, Pakistan promulgated Competition Ordinance, 2007, which repealed the MRTPO; disbanded …read more

Interactive Guidance and Other Outreach Efforts by the Swedish Competition Authority (Competition Policy International)

How do you give accurate, simple, and useful guidance in an area of competition law where the knee-jerk answer to most questions tends to be: “It depends”? This was the challenge the Swedish Competition Authority set itself when we decided to develop a web-based interactive guidance for companies wishing to …read more

Greece: Diversifying and Expanding Advocacy Efforts and Outreach Activities in View of the Ongoing Financial Crisis (Competition Policy International)

In recent years, the Hellenic Competition Commission has taken steps to diversify and expand considerably its advocacy efforts and overall outreach activities, both as a result of the ongoing financial crisis and the sustained role of the HCC in promoting structural reforms in the context of Greece’s Economic Adjustment Programme. …read more

Cuffs and Compliance: A 5-year Retrospective of Criminal Anticartel Competition Law Enforcement in Canada (Competition Policy International)

Enforcing the criminal anti-cartel provisions of Canada’s Competition Act has been a dynamic undertaking for the Competition Bureau over the last five years. However, despite the significant transformation to the landscape of both the Act itself and the Criminal Code, the Bureau’s willingness to vigorously and consistently enforce the Act’s …read more