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| Fines can be imposed "up to a maximum amount of 10% of the gross income against an entrepreneur or an entrepreneur combination, a that or a those, obtained in the preceeding financial year, deliberately or negligently ..."<ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bwb.gv.at%2FBWB%2FGesetze%2FKartellgesetz%2Fdefault.htm&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools (translated by Google)</ref> | |||
Collusive tendering constitutes a criminal offence under section 168b Criminal Code and is punishable by imprisonment of up to three years. | |||
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| [[Azerbaijan]] | | [[Azerbaijan]] | ||
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| | | ''Article 17''<ref>http://www.globalcompetitionforum.org/regions/asia/Azerbeijan/0526.pdf</ref> | ||
Maximum fine data could not be found. Also, could not find any cases of the competition authority (Department on Antimonopoly Policy of MED of the Republic of Azerbaijan) imposing any fines. | |||
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Revision as of 22:39, 1 August 2007
| Country | Fines | Jail | Comment
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|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Y | N | Art. 73-78 discuss fines.
Maximum one-time fine can be as much as 10% of "the total turnover of the preceding business year of each of the undertakings participating in the infringement" of the Act. Periodic penalties can also be imposed, "... periodic penalty payments not exceeding 5% of the average daily turnover in the preceding business year which is calculated from the date the decision has been taken ..." |
| Algeria | Y | N | The Commission has recommended a fine of 350,000 FF upon a firm abusing its dominant position,[1] however, original text of the controlling statute could not be found. |
| Argentina | Y | N | Article 46(b) imposes fines.
Fines range from 15,000 to 150,000,000 pesos. |
| Armenia | Y | N | Art. 36 imposes fines.
Abuse of a dominant position leads to a fine of up to 5000 times the baseline duty. Mergers resulting in abuses of dominant positions lead to fines of up to 4000 times the baseline duty. Failure to submit materials to the competition commission leads to fines up to 100 times the baseline duty. |
| Australia | Y | Y | TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974 - SECT 76[2]
Corporations can be fined up to $10,000,000 per infraction. Individuals can be fined up to $500,000 per infraction. Failure to pay fines or cooperate with the enforcement agency can lead to imprisonment.[3] |
| Austria | Y | Y | Fines can be imposed "up to a maximum amount of 10% of the gross income against an entrepreneur or an entrepreneur combination, a that or a those, obtained in the preceeding financial year, deliberately or negligently ..."[4]
Collusive tendering constitutes a criminal offence under section 168b Criminal Code and is punishable by imprisonment of up to three years. |
| Azerbaijan | Y | N | Article 17[5]
Maximum fine data could not be found. Also, could not find any cases of the competition authority (Department on Antimonopoly Policy of MED of the Republic of Azerbaijan) imposing any fines. |
| Bangladesh [6] | ? | ? | |
| Barbados | ? | ? | |
| Belarus | ? | ? | |
| Belgium | ? | ? | |
| Bolivia | ? | ? | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | ? | ? | |
| Brazil | ? | ? | |
| Bulgaria | ? | ? | |
| Burkina Faso | ? | ? | |
| Cameroon | ? | ? | |
| Canada | ? | ? | |
| Chile | ? | ? | |
| China | ? | ? | |
| Colombia | ? | ? | |
| Costa Rica | ? | ? | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | ? | ? | |
| Croatia | ? | ? | |
| Cyprus | ? | ? | |
| Czech Republic | ? | ? | |
| Denmark | ? | ? | |
| Dominican Republic | ? | ? | |
| El Salvador | ? | ? | |
| Estonia | ? | ? | |
| Faroe Island [7] | ? | ? | |
| Fiji | ? | ? | |
| Finland | ? | ? | |
| France | ? | ? | |
| Georgia | ? | ? | |
| Germany | ? | ? | |
| Hong Kong [8] | ? | ? | |
| Hungary | ? | ? | |
| Iceland | ? | ? | |
| India | ? | ? | |
| Indonesia | ? | ? | |
| Ireland | ? | ? | |
| Israel | ? | ? | |
| Italy | ? | ? | |
| Jersey Channel Islands | ? | ? | |
| Jamaica | ? | ? | |
| Japan | ? | ? | |
| Jordan | ? | ? | |
| Kazakhstan | ? | ? | |
| Kenya | ? | ? | |
| Korea [9] | ? | ? | |
| Kyrgyzstan | ? | ? | |
| Laos | ? | ? | |
| Latvia | ? | ? | |
| Lithuania | ? | ? | |
| Luxembourg | ? | ? | |
| Macedonia | ? | ? | |
| Malawi | ? | ? | |
| Mali | ? | ? | |
| Malta | ? | ? | |
| Mauritius | ? | ? | |
| Mexico | ? | ? | |
| Moldova | ? | ? | |
| Montenegro [10] | ? | ? | |
| Namibia | ? | ? | |
| Netherlands | ? | ? | |
| New Zealand | ? | ? | |
| Nigeria | ? | ? | |
| Norway | ? | ? | |
| Pakistan | ? | ? | |
| Panama | ? | ? | |
| Papua New Guinea | ? | ? | |
| Paraguay | ? | ? | |
| Peru | ? | ? | |
| Philippines | ? | ? | |
| Poland | ? | ? | |
| Portugal | ? | ? | |
| Romania | ? | ? | |
| Russia | ? | ? | |
| Senegal | ? | ? | |
| Serbia [11] | ? | ? | |
| Slovakia [12] | ? | ? | |
| Slovenia | ? | ? | |
| South Africa | ? | ? | |
| Spain | ? | ? | |
| Sri Lanka | ? | ? | |
| Sweden | ? | ? | |
| Switzerland | ? | ? | |
| Taiwan | ? | ? | |
| Tajikistan | ? | ? | |
| Tanzania | ? | ? | |
| Thailand | ? | ? | |
| Tunisia | ? | ? | |
| Turkey | ? | ? | |
| Ukraine | ? | ? | |
| United Kingdom | ? | ? | |
| United States | ? | ? | |
| Uruguay | ? | ? | |
| Uzbekistan | ? | ? | |
| Venezuela | ? | ? | |
| Zambia | ? | ? | |
| Zimbabwe | ? | ? |
- ↑ UN report, http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/c2emd11.pdf
- ↑ http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/0/115/0/PA004090.htm
- ↑ http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/cgi-bin/topicSrch.pl?action=View&VdkVgwKey=%2Fscale%2Fdata%2Fpasteact%2F0%2F115%2F0%2FPA004150%2Ehtm&DocOffset=1&DocsFound=23&QueryZip=%28%28imprisonment%29%29&SourceQueryZip=VdkVgwKey%3Ccontains%3E%2Fscale%2Fdata%2Fpasteact%2F0%2F115&SortField=Score&SortOrder=desc&ViewTemplate=scaleview%2Ehts&SearchUrl=http%3A%2F%2F152%2E91%2E38%2E100%2Fvtopic%2Evts%3Faction%3DSearch%26QueryZip%3D%2528%2528imprisonment%2529%2529%26SourceQueryZip%3DVdkVgwKey%253Ccontains%253E%252Fscale%252Fdata%252Fpasteact%252F0%252F115%26ResultMaxDocs%3D1000%26ResultTemplate%3Dscaleresults%252Ehts%26SourceQueryText%3DVdkVgwKey%253Ccontains%253E%252Fscale%252Fdata%252Fpasteact%252F0%252F115%26QueryText%3D%2528%2528imprisonment%2529%2529%26SortField%3DScore%26SortOrder%3Ddesc%26ViewTemplate%3Dscaleview%252Ehts%26ResultStart%3D1%26ResultCount%3D50
- ↑ http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bwb.gv.at%2FBWB%2FGesetze%2FKartellgesetz%2Fdefault.htm&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools (translated by Google)
- ↑ http://www.globalcompetitionforum.org/regions/asia/Azerbeijan/0526.pdf
- ↑ Bangladesh has no competition statute
- ↑ Does this country exist?
- ↑ Not a country
- ↑ Presumably South Korea. We should separate these out.
- ↑ We have this listed as Serbia-Montenegro, but it is its own nation now.
- ↑ We have this listed as Serbia-Yugoslavia, but it is its own nation now.
- ↑ We have this listed as The Slovak Republic.