Cartel enforcement awareness
Unique materials and formats for raising cartel awareness
Comic Book: “Fixed” Manga – Competition Commission of Singapore
Comic Book: "Cartel da Limonada" – Brazilian Ministry of Justice
Website overview: Cartels and Bid Rigging, with cartel case examples: Cartel of travel agents and Construction bid rigging by electrical contractors (in Japanese) – Japan Fair Trade Commission
Corporate Trailer – Competition Commission of Singapore
Corporate Trailer (in Chinese) – Competition Commission of Singapore
Movie Premier of “The Informant!” – Competition Commission of Singapore
Brochure: Cracking cartels: Ensuring fair competition – Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
Brochure: Cracking cartels: maintain fair competition – Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
Short format overview materials on anti-cartel enforcement
Cartels: a guide for consumers on cartel conduct – Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Authorising and notifying cartel conduct – Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Anti-cartel enforcement (description in Albanian) – Albanian Competition Authority
Understanding the Cartel – Barbados Fair Trading Commission
Website overview: Price Fixing in Barbados – Barbados Fair Trading Commission
Présentation des pratiques restrictives de concurrence (in French) – Belgian Competition Authority
Description of prohibited agreements (in Bulgarian and English) – Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition
Conductas Anticompetitivas (in Spanish) – La Comisión para Promover la Competencia, Costa Rica
Signs of Cartel Agreements (in Danish) – Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Anti-competitive agreements – European Commission, DG Competition
Website overview: Delivering for consumers – European Commission, DG Competition
Website overview: How does the Commission apply competition policy? (EU competition cases by product) – European Commission, DG Competition
Cartels (description and examples) – Finnish Competition Authority
Website overview: What is a cartel? – The Gambia Competition Commission
Article: El cártel de las vitaminas – La Comisión para la Defensa y Promoción de la Competencia (CDPC), Honduras
Collusion (also in Icelandic) – Icelandic Competition Authority
Advocacy booklet: Provisions Relating to Cartels – Competition Commission of India
Presentations: Anti-Competitive Agreements, Anti-Competitive Agreements & Abuse of Dominance, Anti-Competitive Agreements, Anti-Competitive Agreements, Competition Law and Policy in India (cartels 14-24) – Competition Commission of India
What is a cartel? – Irish Competition Authority
Agreements restricting competition – Italian Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
Newsletter Article: Market Structure & Collusion: Cartels in Jamaica (at pages 8-9) – Jamaica Fair Trading Commission
Booklet: For Fair and Free Market Competition (in English, cartels and bid rigging at pages 11-12) and Guidebook on Antitrust Law (in Japanese, cartels and bid rigging at pages 7-8) – Japan Fair Trade Commission
Anti-Competitive alliances – Competition Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Jordan
A Closer Look at the Competition Law (Prohibition of Collusion and Anti-competitive Practices on page 9) – Competition Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Jordan
Description of cartel enforcement (in Korean) – Korea Fair Trade Commission
Website overview: Anticartel (in Albanian) – Kosovo Competition Commission
Cartels, description (in Latvian) – Latvian Competition Council
How to recognize a cartel agreement (in Latvian) – Latvian Competition Council
Website overview: Hard Core Cartels: The Lithuanian Approach (in English) and General Overview of Cartels (in Lithuanian) – Competition Council of Lithuania
Le droit de la concurrence au service des consommateurs (in French) – Autorités de Concurrence Luxembourgeoises
Public awareness leaflet – Competition Commission of Mauritius
Website overview: Anti-cartel enforcement – Netherlands Competition Authority
Website overview: Price Fixing – Independent Consumer & Competition Commission, Papua New Guinea
Brochure: Understanding Price Fixing, a prohibited trade practice – Independent Consumer & Competition Commission, Papua New Guinea
Website overview: What are cartels/O que são cartéis (in Portuguese) – Portuguese Competition Authority
Website overview: How to fight cartels/Como se combatem cartéis (in Portuguese) – Portuguese Competition Authority
What are cartels? (in Romanian) – Romania Competition Council
Protect Your Business. Know the Dos and Don'ts of the Competition Act – Competition Commission of Singapore
Cartels and the Competition Act – A guide for Consumers and businesses – Competition Commission of Singapore
Website overview: Information on Cartels – Competition Commission of Singapore
The Competition Act: A guide for consumers – South Africa Competition Commission
The Swedish Competition Rules – and introduction, Prohibition against anti-competitive cooperation (pages 4-5) – Swedish Competition Authority
What is a Cartel? – UK Office of Fair Trading
Cartels overview – UK Office of Fair Trading
Competition Act and cartels (including cases) – UK Office of Fair Trading
Webpages: Complain to the OFT about a cartel and Rewards for information about cartels – UK Office of Fair Trading
Antitrust Enforcement and the Consumer – U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Price Fixing, Bid Rigging, and Market Allocation Schemes: What They Are and What to Look For – U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Detailed materials on anti-cartel enforcement, including guidelines and manuals
ACCC approach to cartel investigations – Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Manual: Aprendamos sobre Competencia Capítulo 3 "Prácticas anticompetitivas" (in Spanish) – Superintendencia de Competencia de El Salvador
Effective cartel prosecution: Benefits for the economy and consumers – German Bundeskartellamt
Guide to Competition Law and Policy for Consumers (cartels at 6-8) – Irish Competition Authority
Policy on Criminal Accusation and Compulsory Investigation of Criminal Cases Regarding Antimonopoly Violations – Japan Fair Trade Commission
Competition Law Guidelines: Cartels – Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority
Guidelines for Cartel Review – Korea Fair Trade Commission
Guidelines on Collusive Agreements – Competition Commission of Mauritius
Prácticas Monopólicas Absolutas (in Spanish) – Mexican Comisión Federal de Competencia
Cartel prohibition/Kartelverbod (in Dutch) – Netherlands Competition Authority
Powers of investigation: Understanding competition law – UK Office of Fair Trading
Guidance: Powers for investigating criminal cartels – UK Office of Fair Trading
An Antitrust Primer for Federal Law Enforcement Personnel – U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Articles, Interviews and Speeches
Presentation: Hardcore Cartels Within The Scope of The Egyptian Competition Law (The Cement Case) – Egyptian Competition Authority
Article – The Oil Cartel in Iceland – Icelandic Competition Authority
Interview on Cartel Enforcement (in Russian) – Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service
The Fight Against Cartels in Russia (in Russian) – Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service
Article – Fighting Cartel Collusion (in Croatian) – Croatian Competition Agency
Article – Cartels – a form of prohibited agreements according to the competition law (in Croatian) – Croatian Competition Agency
Article – Cartels – prohibited agreements in the EU competition law (in Croatian) – Croatian Competition Agency
Paper: Fighting Hard Core Cartels – Jamaica Fair Trading Commission
Speech: The appropriate balance between corporate and individual sanctions and business education in incentivising compliance with competition law – UK Office of Fair Trading
Materials & guidance on fines
The Guidelines on the setting of fines – German Bundeskartellamt
Guidelines of the Office for the Protection of Competition on the method of setting fines – Czech Office for the Protection of Competition
Regulation on Fines – Turkish Competition Authority
OFT’s guidance as to the appropriate amount of a penalty – UK Office of Fair Trading
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