Competition law and policy in Chile 2011.

Description

The Review of Competition Law and Policy in Chile was prepared as part of the process of Chile's accession to OECD Membership. The report describes the policy foundations, substantive competition law and enforcement experience, institutional structure as well as treatment of competition issues in regulatory and legislative processes. The review then examines these findings under three assessment themes: the current situation of competition policy and enforcement; the magnitude and direction of change in competition policy over the last 5-10 years; the extent of conformity with the particular OECD competition recommendations.  Read more... Executive Summary -- Introduction -- 1. Foundations -- -1.1. Development of basic competition law -- 1.2. Policy goals: purpose, approach -- 2. Substantive issues: content of the competition law -- -2.1. Horizontal agreements -- 2.2. Vertical agreements -- 2.3. Dominance-monopolisation -- 2.4. Mergers -- 2.5. Unfair competition -- 2.6. Consumer protection -- 3. Institutions: enforcement structure and practices -- -3.1. Competition policy institutions -- 3.2. Enforcement processes and powers -- 3.3. Judicial review -- 3.4. Other means of applying competition law -- 3.5. International issues and enforcement co-operation -- 3.6. Resources and priorities -- 4. Sectoral regimes and exclusions -- -4.1. Sectoral issues and special regimes -- 5. Competition issues in regulatory and legislative processes -- 6. Conclusions and assessment -- -6.1. Current competition policy and enforcement -- 6.2. Trends: magnitude and direction of change over 5-10 years -- 6.3. Implementation of the six Roadmap principles -- Notes -- Bibliography.