Today’s links sample some of the cooperation agreements among competition agencies.
Chile
Russia
US DOJ
US FTC
EU
Nordic Cooperation
Japan
Canada
Brazil
Australia

 
The Austrian Competition Authority launched this past June its own space on Twitter under the pseudonym BWB_WETTBEWERB. You too can become a follower by clicking here.
If other ICN members are out there Tweeting, be sure to let us know so we can blog about it.
See our previous blog, here.

 
The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic is interested in setting up a flexible and effective system of concentrations assessment, and is looking to benefit from others’ practical experience and opinions in the field. They welcome your opinions and suggestions, which could “help to make the system of concentrations assessment more effective, eventually, could be [...]

 
The Chilean competition agency, the FNE, just released a press release announcing that it is instituting proceedings against multinational companies for participating in a cartel for refrigerator compressors. The investigation is the first that was based on a leniency application, after the 2009 amendments that introduced the leniency program.
For more information, see the English language [...]

 
As a follow on to the June 30th blog post, here are several more links to agency annual reports for 2009/10.
France
Italy
UK Competition Commission
UK OFT
Poland
Luxembourg Conseil de la concurrence
Luxembourg l’Inspection de la concurrence
Switzerland
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Turkey

 
The Competition Authority in Ireland recently evaluated its Cartel Immunity Programme and international developments in the area of leniency and now proposes to make certain changes. In its own words: “These changes attempt to make the Cartel Immunity Programme more self-contained, transparent and attractive to potential applicants, therefore making it a more effective tool in [...]

 
Last month, Indonesia’s Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition (KPPU) celebrated its 10th anniversary. Click here for an overview of the KPPU and here for more details on a decade of competition policy at the KPPU.

 
Today’s links sample some of the cooperation agreements among competition agencies.
Chile
Russia
US DOJ
US FTC
EU
Nordic Cooperation
Japan
Canada
Brazil
Australia

 
The Danish Competition Authority recently released a report that identifies and quantifies the competition culture in Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The results are based on empirical data from a qualitative survey among more that two thousands firms and several thousands consumers. The report concludes that Danish firms have a potential to increase their [...]

 
On June 16th and 17th, 2010 the Fair Trading Commission of Barbados conducted a training workshop on Detecting, Mitigating and Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement. The workshop brought together senior public sector officials from government departments and agencies. The aim of the workshop was to sensitize all agencies involved on how to detect and [...]