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Competition Law and Consumer Protection Policy

The objective of UNCTAD's work on competition and consumer policies is to ensure that partner countries enjoy the benefits of increased competition, open and contestable markets, private sector investment in key sectors and ultimately that consumers achieve improved welfare.

The Competition and Consumer Policies Programme services the Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Competition Law and Policy and the Ad-hoc Expert Group meeting on Consumer protection policies annually, undertakes competition policy peer reviews, publishes the UNCTAD Model law on competition and the Handbook on competition legislation and implements sector specific and economy-wide competition and consumer policies reforms that create a level playing field amongst companies and consumers, increasing the effectiveness of antitrust and consumer protection policies.

The highest intergovernmental body is the United Nations review Conferences to Review the Set on Competition policy which is held every five years.

The Research Partnership Platform work stream are circulated and feed into to the IGE and inform their discussions.

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Events and Meetings

Start Date	Title	Location	Country
19-21 Oct 2016	Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, fifteenth session	Geneva	Switzerland
19 Oct 2016	7th Meeting of the Research Partnership Platform		Switzerland
17-18 Oct 2016	Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, first session	Geneva	Switzerland
16-17 Jun 2016	Training workshop on competition law and policy in Ethiopia for Judges and Prosecutors	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia
13-15 Jun 2016	Training workshop on Competition Laws and Policy for Staff of The Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Authority, Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia
30-31 May 2016	Third COMPAL Workshop on Competition and Consumer Protection: regulated sectors	Antigua	Guatemala
23-27 May 2016	Third course of the INDECOPI-UNCTAD/COMPAL School on Competition and Consumer Protection on Protection of Financial Consumers in Latin America	Lima	Peru
05-07 Apr 2016	Annual Conference of the International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network	London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
10-11 Mar 2016	UNCTAD's COMPAL Programme hosts its Annual Conference	Armenia city	Colombia
18 Feb 2016	Workshop on the Interface between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law	Phnom-Penh	Cambodia

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News

04 November 2013Training workshop for Judges of the Supreme Court in El Salvador

UNCTAD completed the second training workshop for Salvadorian Judges with the participation of the Magistrates of the Supreme Court Chamber in charge of reviewing the Competition Authority’s rulings.

29 September 2013UNCTAD contributes to African session on consumer protection

UNCTAD has helped to organize an annual conference on consumer protection law enforcement in Africa.

09 September 2013UNCTAD participates in the Seventh Edition of the Central American Competition Forum

UNCTAD presents viewpoint on moving forward with the enactment of a Regional Competition Law in Central America at the 7th Central American Competition Forum.

19 June 2013Secretary-General meets with President of Seychelles

UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi has met with Seychelles President James Michel, and has handed over an independent review of the country's competition and consumer protection legislation.

31 May 2013 Meeting between UNCTAD and the Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Dominican Republic

UNCTAD and the Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Dominican Republic met to strengthen COMPAL assistance on competition and consumer protection policies, to discuss the use of existing UNCTAD sectoral studies and areas for further studies.

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