State-owned companies, and the challenges to competition agencies
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2012
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The Competition Act (Pakistan, 2010) does not make any distinction between state-owned and privately-owned enterprises. Further, section 1(3) of the Act states that the Act “shall apply to all undertakings and all actions or matters that take place in and distort competition within Pakistan.” The presentation focuses on the notion of “competitive neutrality” and provides examples of competitive “un-neutrality” as they have arisen since the legislation. The presentation emphasizes that advocacy is an important tool available to competition agencies to promote competitive neutrality.
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Meeting: 2012 Pre-ICN Forum on Competition and Development : The State as a Market Player or a Market-Power Broker?, April 17 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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STATE-RELATED FIRMS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, PRIVATE OWNERSHIP, COMPETITION LAW, PRIVATE SECTOR, MONOPOLIES, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PAKISTAN, SOUTH ASIA, COMPETITIVENESS