View source for Trinidad and Tobago, 2007

'''Score = 20'''

''Governed by:'' Fair Trading Act of 2006
<ref>statute at http://webopac.ttlawcourts.org/LN/LN2007/LN98_07.pdf</ref>, enacted in 2007<ref>proclamation at http://webopac.ttlawcourts.org/LN/LN2007/LN98_07.pdf</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Category !! Subcategory !! Score !! Comment

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

|- class="categorydivision"
| Remedies
| Fines
| 1
| Section 44(2) provides for fines of up to 10% of corporate turnover. 

|-
| 
| Prison Sentences
| 0
| 

|-
| 
| Divestitures
| 1
| Section 16 permits divestitures of improperly merged entities. 

|- class="categorydivision"
| Private Enforcement
| 3rd Party Initiation
| 1
| Section 7(A) allows third parties to initiate proceedings.

|-
| 
| Remedies Available to 3rd Parties
| 1
| Section 17(4) allows injured third parties actions for damages. 
		
|-
| 
| 3rd Party Rights in Proceedings
| 1
| Section 8(2) affords parties likely to be affected by decisions the right to be heard at proceedings. 

|- class="categorydivision"
| Merger Notification
| Voluntary
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Mandatory
| 3
| Section 14(1) requires certain companies to seek Commission approval before they merge. 
			
|-
| 
| Pre-merger
| 2
| Section 14(1) requires certain companies to seek Commission approval before they merge. 
		
|-
| 
| Post-merger
| 0
| 
	
|- class="categorydivision"
| Merger Assessment
| Dominance
| 1
| Section 14 states that companies with large sales volumes must seek Commission approval before merging. 
			
|-
| 
| Restriction of Competition
| 1
| Section 14(3) says that mergers that don't restrict competition may be approved. 
			
|-
| 
| Public Interest (Pro D)
| 1
| Article 14(3) says that mergers which do not harm the public may be approved. 
			
|-
| 
| Public Interest (Pro Authority)
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Other
| 0
| 
	
|-
| 
| Efficiency
| 0
| 

|- class="categorydivision"
| Dominance
| Limits Access
| 1
| Section 21(2)(e)prohibits limiting production.
	
|-
| 
| Abusive Acts
| 1
| Article 21(1) prohibits the abuse of a dominant position.

|-
| 
| Price Setting
| 1
| Article 21(2)(d) bans price setting. 

|-
| 
| Discriminatory Pricing
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Resale Price Maintenance
| 0
| 
			
|-
| 
| Obstacles to Entry
| 1
| Article 21(2)(a) bans creation of obstacles to entry. Article 21(c) bans eliminating competitors.
		
|-
| 
| Efficiency Defense
| 1
| Article 21(3)permits otherwise abusive behavior if it increases efficiency and passes some of the benefits to consumers. 
	
|- class="categorydivision"
| Restrictive Trade Practices
| Price Fixing
| 1
| Article 17(1)(A)prohibits price fixing. 
	
|-
| 
| Tying
| 1
| Article 17(1)(e) bans tying. 
		
|-
| 
| Market Division
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Output Restraint
| 1
| Article 17(1)(b) prohibits limiting markets.
	
|-
| 
| Market Sharing
| 1
| Article 17(1)(c) prohibits market sharing
	
|-
| 
| Eliminating Competitors
| 1
| Section 17(2) prohibits any agreement aimed at reducing competition. 
			
|-
| 
| Collusive Tendering/Bid-Rigging
| 0
| 
	
|-
| 
| Supply Refusal
| 0
| 
		
|-
| 
| Efficiency Defense
| 0
| 
		
|}

== References ==
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