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WettbewerbskommissionCommission de la concurrenceCommissione della concorrenza
International Cooperation and
Capacity Building on Competition:
A Swiss Perspective
7up2 Project Final Meeting
Bangkok, June 28, 2006
Dr. Patrick KrauskopfVice-director of the Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission
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ContentsContents
1. Introduction to Swiss Competition Policy
2. International Cooperation
3. Capacity Building
4. Concluding Remarks
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1. Introduction to Swiss Competition 1. Introduction to Swiss Competition PolicyPolicy
Economic context: An increasing globalized economy
Specific features of Switzerland Tasks and aims of the Swiss competition authorities
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Europe 2004Europe 2004
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Cooperation agreements upon enforcement cooperation
• Cooperation between the EU and the USA
• Developing countries
Impediments to enforcement cooperation
• Differences in competition laws, economic doctrines, enforcement practices or procedures
• Confidentiality accorded under national leniency programs to information from leniency applications
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Enforcement Cooperation (2)Enforcement Cooperation (2) Factors conducive to enforcement cooperation
• Shared perception of common interest
• Mutual benefit
Factors strengthening enforcement cooperation
• Development of common standards
• Balance between transparency and the protection of confidential information
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Swiss PerspectiveSwiss Perspective No specific agreement on cooperation activities with other authorities
ICN OECD Recommendations
• Recommendation on cooperation between antitrust authorities
• Recommendation on cooperation against hard-core cartels
Bilateral agreement on air transport between Switzerland and EU
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OECD RecommendationsOECD Recommendations Recommendations on cooperation between antitrust
authorities• 1986, revised in 1995
• Basic tools for cooperation: notification of cases, exchange of information, coordination of action, consultation, conciliation
• Non-binding
Recommendation on cooperation against hard-core cartels
• 1998
• Particular forms of cooperation: positive comity, document sharing ...
• Non-binding
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Bilateral Agreement on Air TransportBilateral Agreement on Air Transport
Between the EU and Switzerland 06/01/2002 Reciprocal liberalization of air traffic rights EU competition rules are also applied in Switzerland by the EU Commission
Switzerland remains competent concerning state aids
Cooperation for enforcement and procedural measures
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3. Capacity Building3. Capacity Building Main components
• Development of legal and regulatory framework
• Comprehensive human resource development
• Comprehensive institutional (or organizational) development
• Development of information systems
Continuing process! Swiss capacity building programs
• Recent past
• Ongoing
• Planned
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Swiss Capacity Building Programs –Swiss Capacity Building Programs –Recent PastRecent Past
Visit of Egyptian competition authorities Dawn raids: Instruction by several European member states‘ competition authorities
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Swiss Capacity Building Programs - Swiss Capacity Building Programs - OngoingOngoing COMPAL program 7up2 project Working groups within ICN (among others)
• Steering group
• Merger working group
- Notification and procedure
- Investigative techniques
• Cartel working group
- General framework
- Enforcement techniques
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Swiss Capacity Building Programs - Swiss Capacity Building Programs - PlannedPlanned
Technical assistance to newly created European and non-European agencies
Working groups within ICN Organization of ICN annual conference in 2009
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6. Concluding Remarks (1)6. Concluding Remarks (1) Need to set forth a formal legal framework in the form of bilateral or multilateral cooperation agreements with the following objectives:
• Build a closer relationship and confidence between competition authorities
• Promote a convergent approach towards methodical issues
• Reduce the inefficiencies of overlapping investigations
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