Traduction de «Tribunal de la concurrence » (Français → Anglais) :

Akzo and Akcros submit that the General Court, in paragraphs 172 and 173 of the judgment under appeal, disregarded the relevance of the development of European Union law, resulting in particular from the entry into force of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1).

If the Competition Bureau finds that the proposed merger would have a negative impact on competition and on the competition process in general, then it can file an objection with the Competition Tribunal, which can then get involved under Sections 100 to 110 of the Act, if I'm not mistaken (1615) Mr. André Bachand: So, in actual fact, the merger referred to here is not something that occurred a number of years ago; it is still in the process of being approved, if I understand the wording here.

It has six objectives: first, to allow Canada to obtain evidence from other countries with respect to civil cases involving competition in Canada; second, to prohibit deceptive prize notices; third, to broaden the scope under which the tribunal may issue temporary orders; fourth, to improve procedures with respect to matters to be presented before the Competition Tribunal and to allow it to award costs; fifth, to allow individuals and corporations to apply directly to the tribunal for an order against anti-competitive behaviour; and, sixth, to deal with anti-competitive behaviour in the airline industry.

The main elements of the bill comprise the prohibition of deceptive prize notices, enhanced mutual international assistance in civil competition matters, streamlining improvements to the Competition Tribunal process, broadening the scope under which the tribunal may issue an interim order, a limited right of access to the tribunal and specific measures to protect competition in the Canadian airline industry.

To ensure such consistency, these guidelines are based on (1) existing case-law of the Court of First Instance and the European Court of Justice concerning market definition and the notion of dominant position within the meaning of Article 82 of the EC Treaty and Article 2 of the merger control Regulation(11); (2) the "Guidelines on the application of EEC competition rules in the telecommunications sector"(12); (3) the "Commission notice on the definition of relevant markets for the purposes of Community competition law"(13), hereinafter the "Notice on market definition"; and (4) the "Notice on the application of competition rules to ...[+++]access agreements in the telecommunications sector"(14), hereinafter the "Access notice".

The bill proposes improvements to the Competition Act and the Competition Tribunal Act in four key areas: first, prohibiting deceptive contests; second, broadening the scope under which the tribunal may make temporary orders; third, streamlining the competition tribunal processes; and, fourth, facilitating co-operation with foreign competition authorities.