Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, eleventh session (workshop on fourth day)

The Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Competition Law and Policy is a standing body established under the United Nations Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices (UN Set) to monitor the application and implementation of the Set.

The UN Set is a multilateral agreement on competition policy, which was negotiated and adopted by General Assembly resolution 35/63 on 5 December 1980.

The Set:

• Provides a framework for international operation and exchange of best practices
  
  
• Recognizes the development dimension of competition law and policy
  
  
• Provides for equitable rules for the control of anti-competitive practices

The eleventh session of the IGE on Competition Law and Policy will focus on the following issues:

• Foundations of an effective competition agency
  
  
• The importance of coherence between competition and government policies
  
  
• Peer review of Serbian competition law and policy
  
  
• Review of the experience gained so far in enforcement cooperation, including at the regional level
  
  
• Consultations on the Model Law
  
  
• Effectiveness of capacity building extended to young competition agencies

Information for participants

Nominations and related communications concerning representation at the eleventh session of the IGE on Competition Law and Policy should be sent to the UNCTAD secretariat, Intergovernmental Affairs and Outreach Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10 (fax: + 41 (0)22 917 0214; e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org).

Participants at the meeting need to collect their badge at the United Nations Security Service, Pregny Gate (opposite the Red Cross Building) before the meeting.

The Security Service is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants are strongly advised to arrive before 8.30 a.m. Participants are requested to carry a passport or a national identity card with them.

Substantive and other inquiries should be addressed to the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch (fax: + 41(0) 22 9170247; e-mail: competition@unctad.org).