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AGENDA

WORKSHOP ON COMPETITION POLICY AND LAW FOR CAMBODIA
March 10, 2006, Royal University of Law and Economics, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Work Program

08:00               Registration of participants

08:30               Opening Statements, Dean or Representative of the Royal University of Cambodia 

Session I

09:00               The Need and Rationale for a Competition Law and Policy in Cambodia
                        
(Dr. Deunden Nikomborirak & Mr. Ly Chan Tola) 

        • The Idea and Principle of Economic Competition
        • Competition Policy and Competition Law and Their Relations
        • Objectives and Benefits of Applying Competition Law
        • The Competition Scenario in Cambodia

10:30               Coffee Break

10:45               Questions and Answers

12:00               Lunch

Session II

13:00               Main Hurdles to Fair Competition
                         
(Mr. Tzu-Shun Hu

      • Restrictive Business Agreements (and Concerted Actions)
        • Horizontal and Vertical Agreements
      • Dominant Market Positions and the Control of Abuses
      • Control of Mergers and Acquisition
        • What is a Merger?
        • Types of Mergers and Acquisitions
        • Possible Benefits, Risks and Negative Effects of Mergers

14:00               Questions and Answers

14:45               Coffee Break              

Session III

15:00               Main Hurdles to Fair Competition and Competition Law Implementation in                          Developing Countries (Dr. S. Chakravarthy

        • Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection
        • Competition Advocacy
        • Major Problems of Implementing Competition Law in Developing Countries

15:45            Questions and Answers

16:30          Conclusions and closure of the workshop