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Colombia: Assessment of Competition Law and Policy 2016

This review of Colombia by the OECD Competition Committee examines the country's competition law and policy in the framework of the roadmap for the accession of Colombia to the OECD convention. 

It evaluates Colombia’s plans to implement the substantive OECD legal instruments within the Competition Committee’s competence, and assesses the country's policies and practices in comparison to OECD best practices in the field of competition policy. 

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Date of Publication:
18 March 2015

The resulting report outlines the current status of market studies in six Latin American countries, describes good practices, identifies areas for improvement and provides recommendations on how to make better use of this competition tool.

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Defining the Relevant Market in Telecommunications:
Review of Selected OECD Countries and Colombia - 2014

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Market definition is one of the most important analytical tools that competition authorities use to examine and evaluate competition problems. This is critical in most competition and regulatory cases, and it helps identifying market participants and the area of effective competition.

This report sets out the experiences of OECD countries in applying the concept of market definition in the telecommunications sector, with a particular focus on triple- and quadruple-play services.

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Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement in Colombia - 2014

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Colombia’s procurement legislation and practices were reviewed in 2013 to verify compliance with the OECD 2012 Recommendation on Fighting Bid Rigging and the 1998 Recommendation on Effective Action against Hard Core Cartels.

The resulting report describes the features currently present in Colombia’s cartel enforcement against bid rigging and Colombian public procurement practices and sets forth advice and suggestions that can lead to closer compliance with OECD instruments. This in turn will lead to more effective procurement and a reduction in the incidence of bid rigging in Colombia.

Follow-up to the Nine Peer Reviews of Competition Law and Policy of Latin American Countries - 2012

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Colombia was one of the nine countries reviewed in this 2012 follow-up study which focuses on two specific themes:

• the impact of the authority’s work on pro-competitive regulatory reforms
• the application of case prioritisation and selection criteria.
  

Competition Law and Policy in Colombia: A Peer Review - 2009

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Colombia’s competition regime was examined for the first time in 2009 during the 7th meeting of OECD-IDB Latin American Competition Forum held in Chile.

This report provides an in-depth analysis of its competition practices, includes a chapter on different sectors and sets out recommendations on how to improve government policy and the local competition authority's enforcement / advocacy practices.

Annual Report on recent competition developments

In the framework of its participation at the Competition Committee, Colombia's national competition agency submits every year a report on recent developments in the field of competition. 

Available reports:

2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016

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