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COMPETITION ASSESSMENT CHECKLISTCompetition assessment should be conducted if a legal provision has any of the following effects:

Limits the ability of suppliers to compete

This is likely to be the case if the provision:

Limits sellers’ ability to set prices for goods or services

Limits freedom of suppliers to advertise or market their goods or services

Sets standards for product quality that provide an advantage to some suppliers over others, or are above the level that some well-informed customers would choose

Significantly raises costs of production for some suppliers relative to others (especially by treating incumbents differently from new entrants)

Limits the number or range of suppliers

This is likely to be the case if the provision:

Grants exclusive rights for a supplier to provide goods or services

Establishes a license, permit or authorisation process as a requirement of operation

Limits the ability of some suppliers to provide a good or service

Significantly raises cost of entry or exit by a supplier

Creates a geographical barrier for companies to supply goods, services or labour, or invest capital

Reduces the incentive of suppliers to compete

This may be the case if the provision:

Creates a self-regulatory or co-regulatory regime

Requires or encourages information on supplier outputs, prices, sales or costs to be published

Exempts the activity of a particular industry, or group of suppliers, from the operation of general competition law

Limits the choices and information available to customers

This may be the case if the provision:

Limits the ability of consumers to decide from whom they purchase

Reduces mobility of customers between suppliers of goods or services by increasing the explicit or implicit costs of changing suppliers

Fundamentally changes information required by buyers to shop effectively

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About the OECD Competition Assessment Toolkit

The OECD Competition Assessment Toolkit helps governments to eliminate barriers to competition by providing a method for identifying unnecessary restraints on market activities and developing alternative, less restrictive measures that still achieve government policy objectives. It consists of 3 volumes: Principles, Guidance and Operational Manual. Read more about the toolkit at oe.cd/cat.

Toolkit Principles

Volume 1 sets down the toolkit principles, describing benefits of competition, the checklist and examples of government processes.

Technical guidance

Volume 2 provides detailed technical guidance on key issues to consider when performing a competition assessment.

Operational manual

Volume 3 is an operational manual which provides a step-by-step process for performing competition assessment.

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The OECD Competition Assessment toolkit helps governments eliminate barriers to competition. It consists of three volumes.

Volume 1 sets down the toolkit principles, describing benefits of competition, the checklist and examples of government processes.

The Toolkit is available for download in over 15 different languages at www.oecd.org/competition/toolkit.

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