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''Governed by:'' Consolidated Act on the Protection of Competition Act No. 143 Coll. of 4 April 2001 last amended by Act No. 484/2004 Coll. of 5 August 2004 (hereinafter referred to as “Competition Act”).<ref>Czech Republic Office for the Protection of Competition website, http://www.compet.cz/English/HS.htm.</ref>
''Governed by:'' Law No. 91-999 of 27 December 1991 on Competition.  
<ref> Taken from excerpts on Cote d’Ivoire’s Competition Law in a report for the United Nations Conference on Trade and development of 24 November 1997, available at, http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/c2emd11.pdf</ref>


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Revision as of 17:18, 25 June 2007

Score = 13

Governed by: Law No. 91-999 of 27 December 1991 on Competition. [1]

Category Subcategory Score Comment
Scope Extraterritoriality 0
Remedies Fines 1 Article 18 allows the Minister of Trade to impose monetary penalties.
Prison Sentences 0
Divestitures 1 Article 34 allows the commission to break up a merged company that restricts competition.
Private Enforcement 3rd Party Initiation 0
Remedies Available to 3rd Parties 0
3rd Party Rights in Proceedings 0
Merger Notification Voluntary 1 Article 34 says that notification is voluntary.
Mandatory 0
Pre-merger 0
Post-merger 1
Merger Assessment Dominance 0
Restriction of Competition 1 Article 34 allows the commission to ban any merger that is likely to jeopardize competition.
Public Interest (Pro D) 0
Public Interest (Pro Authority) 0
Other 0
Efficiency 0
Dominance Limits Access 1 Article 8 prohibits refusing access to production.
Abusive Acts 1 Article 8 prohibits the abuse of a dominant position.
Price Setting 0
Discriminatory Pricing 1 Article 8 prohibits discriminatory sales conditions.
Resale Price Maintenance 0
Obstacles to Entry 0
Efficiency Defense 1 Article 10 offers an efficiency defense for anti-competitive practices.
Restrictive Trade Practices Price Fixing 1 Article 7 prohibits price fixing agreements.
Tying 1 Article 30 prohibits tying arrangements.
Market Division 1 Article 7 prohibits market division.
Output Restraint 1 Article 7 prohibits output restraint.
Market Sharing 0
Eliminating Competitors 0
Collusive Tendering/Bid-Rigging 0
Supply Refusal 0
Efficiency Defense 1 Article 10 offers an efficiency defense for anti-competitive practices.

References

  1. ↑ Taken from excerpts on Cote d’Ivoire’s Competition Law in a report for the United Nations Conference on Trade and development of 24 November 1997, available at, http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/c2emd11.pdf
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