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== Fiji 1998 - Preambles ==
== Saudia Arabia 2004 - Tying or discriminatory pricing ==


''The preamble to the Fair Trade Act mention public interest and economic efficiency as stated goals of the legislation. Do they count as defenses?''
''What do we think about this one?''


imposing certain conditions on selling and purchasing transactions or on dealing with another firm, in a manner that puts it in a weak competitive position compared to other competing firms.


Hylton: Don't count these --[[User:JWSchneider|JWSchneider]] 10:15, 28 June 2007 (EDT)
--[[User:JWSchneider|JWSchneider]] 15:18, 31 July 2007 (EDT)


== Fiji 1998 - Mergers, elimination of competition ==


''Does 49(1)(b)(i) count as eliminating competition?''


49. Mergers.
== Saudi Arabia 2004 - Eliminating Competitors ==


(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence who acquires, directly or indirectly, any shares in the capital, or any assets, of a body corporate if –
''Count it?''


    (a) as a result of the acquisition, the person would be, or be likely to be, in a position to dominate a market for goods or services; or
Article 4(4) - Preventing any firm from exercising its right to enter or move out of the market at any time or hampering the same.


    (b) in a case where the person is in a position to dominate a market for goods or services-
--[[User:JWSchneider|JWSchneider]] 15:30, 31 July 2007 (EDT)
 
        '''i) the body corporate or another body corporate that is related to that body corporate is, or is likely to be, a competitor of the person or of a body corporate that is related to the person;''' and
 
 
Hylton: Yes it is. --[[User:JWSchneider|JWSchneider]] 10:24, 28 June 2007 (EDT)
 
== Fiji 1998 - Divestiture ==
 
''Does this count as divestiture?''
 
 
125. Injunctions.
 
(4) If the Court is satisfied, on application by the Minister or the Director that a person has engaged in conduct constituting a contravention of a provision of this Decree the Court may grant an injunction requiring that person to take specified action (which may include the disclosure of information or the publication of advertisements) to remedy any adverse consequences of his contravening any provision of this Decree.
 
 
Hylton: Not divestiture. --[[User:JWSchneider|JWSchneider]] 10:31, 28 June 2007 (EDT)
 
== Jordan 2004 - RTP - Tying ==
 
''It's tying under dominance, but do we mark it under RTP?''
 
6(G) - G- Tying the sale of a product or the provision of a service to the purchase of another or others or the purchase of a limited amount or a request for the provision of another service.
 
== Jordan 2004 - RTP - Supply Refusal ==
 
''Again, under dominance. Does it count?''
 
6(F) - F- Refusing, without objective grounds, to deal with a particular customer under the usual commercial conditions.
 
== Jordan 2004 - Efficiency Defenses for dominance and RTP ==
 
''Efficiency defense?''
 
7(B) and (C)
 
B- Practices and arrangements exempted by the Minister from the
application of Articles 5 and 6 of this Law by a reasoned decision
on the basis of a recommendation of the Director shall not be
considered anti-competitive if they lead to positive results, with a
common benefit that cannot be achieved without this exemption,
including the improvement of the competitive ability of
Enterprises, or production or distribution systems, or providing
certain benefits to the consumer.
 
C- The Minister may apply the exemptions referred to in paragraph
(B) above to a class of practices or conditions of contract or to
practices or arrangements or conditions of contract of particular
Enterprises, provided that such Enterprises shall request to be
granted this exemption in accordance with a form adopted by the
Minister for that purpose.
 
== Jordan 2004 - Merger Assessment - Dominance ==
 
''Looks like only mergers that result in dominance are examined by the gov't''
 
9(B) - The accomplishment of economic concentration operations
impacting the level of competition in the market by causing or
enforcing a '''Dominant Position shall depend upon receiving the
approval of the Minister in writing, if the total share of the
Enterprise or Enterprises concerned in the economic
concentration operation exceeds 40% of the total transactions in
the market'''.
 
Article 10
A- Enterprises wishing to carry out economic concentration
operations which fall within the ambit of '''paragraph (B) of Article
9''' of this Law shall submit a petition in this regard to the
Directorate, on the form adopted by the Ministry, within thirty
days ...

Latest revision as of 00:14, 2 August 2007

Saudia Arabia 2004 - Tying or discriminatory pricing

What do we think about this one?

imposing certain conditions on selling and purchasing transactions or on dealing with another firm, in a manner that puts it in a weak competitive position compared to other competing firms.

--JWSchneider 15:18, 31 July 2007 (EDT)


Saudi Arabia 2004 - Eliminating Competitors

Count it?

Article 4(4) - Preventing any firm from exercising its right to enter or move out of the market at any time or hampering the same.

--JWSchneider 15:30, 31 July 2007 (EDT)