View source for Pakistan (1970)

'''Score = 15'''

''Governed by:'' Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Control and Prevention) Ordinance No. V of 1970. 
<ref>Translated Act on Global Competition Forum website, http://www.globalcompetitionforum.org/regions/asia/pakistan/ATT01665.pdf </ref>

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! Category !! Subcategory !! Score !! Comment

|- class="categorydivision"
| Scope
| Extraterritoriality
| 0
| 

|- class="categorydivision"
| Remedies
| Fines
| 1
| Article 19 says that the Authority can issue fines.

|-
| 
| Prison Sentences
| 0
| 

|-
| 
| Divestitures
| 1
| Article 12(1)(b) allows divestitures in cases of unreasonable monopoly power.

|- class="categorydivision"
| Private Enforcement
| 3rd Party Initiation
| 0
| 

|-
| 
| Remedies Available to 3rd Parties
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| 3rd Party Rights in Proceedings
| 0
| 

|- class="categorydivision"
| Merger Notification
| Voluntary
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Mandatory
| 3
| Article 16(1)(i) requires registration of mergers concerning dominant companies.
			
|-
| 
| Pre-merger
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Post-merger
| 1
|“[Merger] registration must be submitted within 10 days under 
Rule 10, MCA Rules, 1971"<ref>http://win.org.pk/admin/files/69Mergers.pdf</ref>
	
|- class="categorydivision"
| Merger Assessment
| Dominance
| 1
| Article 5(b) prohibits mergers that will result in an unreasonable concentration of market power.
			
|-
| 
| Restriction of Competition
| 1
| Article 5(b) says that such mergers will be prohibited if it will substantially lessen competition.
			
|-
| 
| Public Interest (Pro D)
| 0
| 
			
|-
| 
| Public Interest (Pro Authority)
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Other
| 0
| 
	
|-
| 
| Efficiency
| 1
| Article 5(2) says that otherwise impermissible mergers can be allowed when their benefits of efficiency outweigh the adverse effects on competition.
	
|- class="categorydivision"
| Dominance
| Limits Access
| 0
| 
	
|-
| 
| Abusive Acts
| 0
| 

|-
| 
| Price Setting
| 0
| 

|-
| 
| Discriminatory Pricing
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Resale Price Maintenance
| 1
| Article 6(b) prohibits resale price maintenance.
			
|-
| 
| Obstacles to Entry
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Efficiency Defense
| 0
| 
	
|- class="categorydivision"
| Restrictive Trade Practices
| Price Fixing
| 1
| Article 6(a)(i) prohibits price fixing.
	
|-
| 
| Tying
| 1
| Article 6(c) prohibits tying arrangements.
		
|-
| 
| Market Division
| 1
| Article 6(a)(ii) prohibits market division.
		
|-
| 
| Output Restraint
| 1
| Article 6(a)(iii) prohibits limiting production of goods.
	
|-
| 
| Market Sharing
| 1
| Article 6(a)(ii) prohibits market sharing.
	
|-
| 
| Eliminating Competitors
| 0
| 
			
|-
| 
| Collusive Tendering/Bid-Rigging
| 0
| 
	
|-
| 
| Supply Refusal
| 1
| Article 6(a)(v) prohibits group boycotts.
		
|-
| 
| Efficiency Defense
| 1
| Article 6(2) provides an efficiency defense for the Article 6 prohibitions.
		
|}

== References ==
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