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    <author>ENA</author>
    <category>Sectors</category>
    <date>2018-11-20 07:38:40</date>
    <fulldesc>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Delhi, Nov 20 (KNN)&lt;/strong&gt; The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has invited comments from general public on Competition Act 2002 as a move to review the competition rules in accordance with the changing business environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;MCA has constituted a Competition Law Review Committee to review the competition Act/ Rules/ Regulations in view of changing business environment and bring necessary changes, if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;According to an experts, there has been no review of the current Act (2002) since its enactment hence the review is overdue if the Act to keep it relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;The Committee will also look into international best practices in the competition fields, especially anti-trust laws, merger guidelines and handling cross border competition issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;The Committee will also study other regulatory regimes, institutional mechanisms, government policies which overlap with the Competition Act.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;The updated version of the Competition Act, 2002 is available on the website &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cci.gov.in&quot;&gt;www.cci.gov.in&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;The comments have been sought by December 7, 2018 through email to &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:competitionlaw_review@mca.gov.in&quot;&gt;competitionlaw_review@mca.gov.in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;The Competition Law Review Committee (CLRC) was set up earlier this year by the Centre. It had constituted Working Groups and each of the four Working Groups were assigned a particular topic, including Regulatory Structure; Competition Law; Competition Policy, Advocacy and Advisory Functions; and New Age Markets and Big Data.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;A number of lawyers from the top law firms were appointed to each of these Working Groups. &lt;strong&gt;(KNN Bureau)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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    <link>https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/mca-seeks-public-comments-on-competition-act-2002</link>
    <pubDate>2018-11-20 07:38:40</pubDate>
    <source>knnindia.co.in</source>
    <title>MCA seeks public comments on Competition Act 2002</title>
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