Argentina (1980) - Revision history

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	''Governed by:'' Ley de Defensa de la Competencia, Ley 22.262 enacted August, 1980 (hereinafter referred to as “Competition Act”).<ref> Portion of actual text in Spanish available at http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/publications/blc/boletin_2_es.pdf at page 9. Secondary source analysis in English available from 1997 and 1998 OECD reports, available at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/22/1823893.pdf and http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/2/40/1821895.pdf.</ref><ref>This law was not actively enforced until the 1990's (1997 OECD report at page 2)</ref>		''Governed by:'' Ley de Defensa de la Competencia, Ley 22.262 enacted August, 1980 (hereinafter referred to as “Competition Act”).<ref> Portion of actual text in Spanish available at http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/publications/blc/boletin_2_es.pdf at page 9. Secondary source analysis in English available from 1997 and 1998 OECD reports, available at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/22/1823893.pdf and http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/2/40/1821895.pdf.</ref><ref>This law was not actively enforced until the 1990's (1997 OECD report at page 2)</ref>
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	\|		\| Article 41(a) prohibits price fixing.<ref>http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/publications/blc/boletin_2_es.pdf; 1997 OECD report at page 4</ref>

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	\| Tying		\| Tying
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	\|		\| Article 41(d) of the Competition Act prohibits tying.<ref>http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/publications/blc/boletin_2_es.pdf</ref>

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	\| Market Division		\| Market Division
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	\|		\| Article 41(e) of the Competition Act prohibits market division.<ref>http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/publications/blc/boletin_2_es.pdf; 1998 OECD report at page 2</ref>


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	\| Collusive Tendering/Bid-Rigging		\| Collusive Tendering/Bid-Rigging
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	\|		\| Article 41(g) of the Competition Act prohibits arbitrary refusal to meet specific requests for the purchase or sale of goods or services.<ref>http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/publications/blc/boletin_2_es.pdf</ref>

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	\| Efficiency Defense		\| Efficiency Defense
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	\| ~~The Competition Act prohibits pricing.<ref>1998 OECD report at page 2</ref>~~		\|

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	\| The proposed amendment to Ley 22.262 (which became the current competition ~~law~~, Ley de Defensa de la Competencia No. 22.156 in 1999) abolished prison penalties.<ref>1997 OECD report at page 6</ref>		\| The proposed amendment to Ley 22.262 (which became the current competition act, Ley de Defensa de la Competencia No. 22.156 in 1999) abolished prison penalties.<ref>1997 OECD report at page 6</ref>

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	\| The current competition ~~law~~, Ley de Defensa de la Competencia No. 22.156 (enacted in 1999) created "the basis for an important and previously non-existing active regulatory control over potentially anti-competitive concentration events in Argentina."<ref> http://www.iflr.com/?ISS=11977&PUBID=33&Page=10&SID=508950&SM=&SearchStr=; 1998 OECD report at page 19</ref>		\| The current competition act, Ley de Defensa de la Competencia No. 22.156 (enacted in 1999) created "the basis for an important and previously non-existing active regulatory control over potentially anti-competitive concentration events in Argentina."<ref> http://www.iflr.com/?ISS=11977&PUBID=33&Page=10&SID=508950&SM=&SearchStr=; 1998 OECD report at page 19</ref>

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	\| The Competition ~~Law~~ prohibits abuse of dominant position.<ref>1998 OECD at page 2.</ref>		\| The Competition Act prohibits abuse of dominant position.<ref>1998 OECD at page 2</ref>

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	\|		\| The Competition Act prohibits pricing.<ref>1998 OECD report at page 2</ref>

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	\| Discriminatory Pricing		\| Discriminatory Pricing
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	\|		\| The Competition Act prohibits price discrimination.<ref>1998 OECD report at page 2</ref>

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	\| Resale Price Maintenance		\| Resale Price Maintenance
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	\|		\| The Competition Act prohibits barriers to market entry.<ref>1998 OECD report at page 2</ref>

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	\|		\| The Competition Law prohibits abuse of dominant position.<ref>1998 OECD at page 2.</ref>

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	\| The current competition law, Ley de Defensa de la Competencia No. 22.156 (1999) "~~set[]~~ the basis for an important and previously non-existing active regulatory control over potentially anti-competitive concentration events in Argentina."<ref> http://www.iflr.com/?ISS=11977&PUBID=33&Page=10&SID=508950&SM=&SearchStr=; 1998 OECD report at page 19</ref>		\| The current competition law, Ley de Defensa de la Competencia No. 22.156 (enacted in 1999) created "the basis for an important and previously non-existing active regulatory control over potentially anti-competitive concentration events in Argentina."<ref> http://www.iflr.com/?ISS=11977&PUBID=33&Page=10&SID=508950&SM=&SearchStr=; 1998 OECD report at page 19</ref>

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	\|		\| The current competition law, Ley de Defensa de la Competencia No. 22.156 (1999) "set[] the basis for an important and previously non-existing active regulatory control over potentially anti-competitive concentration events in Argentina."<ref> http://www.iflr.com/?ISS=11977&PUBID=33&Page=10&SID=508950&SM=&SearchStr=; 1998 OECD report at page 19</ref>

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	\|		\| The National Commission for the Defense of Competition had the authority to impose fines.<ref>1997 OECD report at page 2</ref>

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	\|		\| The proposed amendment to Ley 22.262 (which became the current competition law, Ley de Defensa de la Competencia No. 22.156 in 1999) abolished prison penalties.<ref>1997 OECD report at page 6</ref>

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	''Governed by:'' Ley de Defensa de la Competencia, Ley 22.262 ~~promulgada <>~~ (hereinafter referred to as “Competition Act”).		''Governed by:'' Ley de Defensa de la Competencia, Ley 22.262 enacted August, 1980 (hereinafter referred to as “Competition Act”).<ref> Portion of actual text in Spanish available at http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/publications/blc/boletin_2_es.pdf at page 9. Secondary source analysis in English available from 1997 and 1998 OECD reports, available at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/22/1823893.pdf and http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/2/40/1821895.pdf.</ref><ref>This law was not actively enforced until the 1990's (1997 OECD report at page 2)</ref>

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== References ==
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