User talk:AchalOza
Austria 2000 Divestures
I think this should be coded as a divesture:
§35(2) - "The Cartel Court . . . [shall] in addition also order [the group] to take measures by which the market-dominating position will be weakened or eliminated, if: (a) the undertaking has repeatedly abused its market-dominating position; (b) the abuses may impair media diversity; and (c) it is expected that, without such measures, further abuses of this type will occur."
--AchalOza 11:02, 21 June 2007 (EDT)
Albania 2002 Pre-Merger Notification
This sounds like a pre-merger notification requirement:
Art. 14(1) - "A concentration, under article 10, shall not be put into effect either: a) before its notification nearby the Authority or b) until it has been authorized by the Authority, or c) until conditions attached to the authorization are fulfilled."
--AchalOza 12:53, 21 June 2007 (EDT)
Albania 2002 Public Interest Pro-D
Does this sound like a public interest (or efficiency) defense to you?
2. Commission may not prohibit concentrations where one of the undertakings risks seriously a failure, there is no less anticompetitive alternative to the concentration, when:
a) this undertaking is in such a situation that without the concentration it would exit the market in the near future;
b) there is no serious prospects of reorganizing the activity of this undertaking.
--AchalOza 12:57, 21 June 2007 (EDT)
Armenia 2000 Extraterritoriality
Sounds to me like the scope extends to foreign companies that have an effect on Armenia:
Article 2. The Subject Governed by the Law
1. The present Law shall apply to those activities and conduct of economic entities, government and local government administration bodies, which might result in the restriction, prevention and distortion of competition or in acts of unfair competition, except where otherwise stipulated by law.
--AchalOza 13:18, 21 June 2007 (EDT)
Armenia 2000 Output Restraint and Big-Rigging
Would this include output restraint and big-rigging?
Article 5. Anti-competitive Agreements and Prohibition of Anti-competitive Agreements
1. In the context of the present Law, anti-competitive agreements are contracts and agreements concluded between economic entities or their concerted practices (hereinafter referred to as “agreements”), which might result in the restriction, prevention, prohibition of competition. These are the . . . (b) artificial increase, decrease or maintenance of prices on the commodity markets;
--AchalOza 13:32, 21 June 2007 (EDT)