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• Competition law not a burden to businesses

  June 6, 2016

  – Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) Chairman Arsenio Balisacan has defended the Philippine Competition Act, debunking claims that the new competition law will be a burden to companies and enterprises due to additional requirements by the commission.
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• EU Takes Tougher Stance on Google

  April 20, 2016

  – BRUSSELS—For Google, it’s a tale of two continents.

  On one side of the Atlantic, European competition authorities unveiled on Wednesday a second set of charges against the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary, this time over its Android operating system. On the other side, Canada dropped its probe against the company this week, following U.S. regulators who have so far found that Google’s conduct raises no antitrust concerns.
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• Megasteel did not infringe competition law: MyCC

  April 18, 2016

  – PETALING JAYA – Lion Corp Bhd’s 79%-owned subsidiary Megasteel Sdn Bhd has been cleared of alleged abuse of its dominant position in the domestic market.

  A notice of finding of non-infringement from the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) dated April 15, 2016 said MyCC determined that there is no infringement by Megasteel of Section 10(1) of the Competition Act, 2010 as stipulated in the proposed decision.
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• Hong Kong will soon catch up on stopping price-fixers and bid-riggers, says competition watchdog chief

  April 17, 2016

  – Local enforcers will learn from practices in well-established regimes such as the US, Europe and Australia

  Hong Kong could catch up quickly with mature economies in combating anti-competitive conduct such as price-fixing and bid-rigging, the head of the city’s competition watchdog said.
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• Anti-competition industries: Telco, aviation, ports

  April 11, 2016

  – Domestic industries with only two dominant players such as telecommunications, aviation and ports are deemed most anti-competition.

  National Competitiveness Council (NCC) co-private sector chairman Guillermo Luz made this initial assessment as the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) is crafting the implementing rules and regulations of the Philippine Competition Act or Republic Act 10667.
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• Competition Commission reject complaints of unfair practices against Ola, Uber

  February 15, 2016

  – With regard to allegations of unfair business practices against Uber, CCI said the fluctuating market share figures of the various players show that the competitive landscape in the relevant market is quite vibrant and dynamic.

  Competition Commission has rejected allegations of unfair business ways against taxi hailing apps Ola and Uber after finding no evidence of anti-competitive practices by them in the national capital.
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• Much-needed changes to competition law set |for Cabinet consideration in the next two weeks

  January 25, 2016

  – The Commerce Ministry will submit the draft amendment of the Trade Competition Act for Cabinet consideration within the next two weeks, with the changes aimed at creating a more competitive landscape.

  The bill will expand the act to cover all state enterprises and their subsidiaries involved in business activities.
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• CCI empanels 7 institutes for competition assessment of laws

  January 7, 2016

  – Taking forward its efforts to ensure healthy competition in the market place, fair trade regulator CCI has set up a panel of seven institutions to carry out an initial competition assessment of economic legislations.

  The panel, which includes IIM Ahmedabad and National Law University, Delhi, will carry out the initial competition assessment of the legislations. In September, 2015, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) came out with guidelines for competition assessment of economic legislations and bills.
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