Conference Material

  Mergers Working Group

Subgroup Notification & Procedures

• Recommended Practices on Remedies and Competition Agency Powers
• Waivers of Confidentiality in Merger Investigations
• Merger Notification Filing Fees
• Implementation of the ICN Recommended Practices

Subgroup Analytical Framework

• Discussion Draft Merger Guidelines Workbook
• Merger Remedies Review Project

Subgroup Investigative Techniques

• Investigative Techniques Handbook for Merger Review

 Competition Policy Implementation (CPI) Working Group

Subgroup Effectiveness of Technical Assistance

• Assessing Technical Assistance for Competition Policy: Preliminary Results

Subgroup Consumer Relations

• Consumer Outreach by ICN members - A Report on Outreach Undertaken and Lessons Learned
• Report on Consumer Outreach Workshop (Paris 2005)
• Effect of Institutional Structures

Subgroup Competition Advocacy in Regulated Sectors

• Competition Advocacy Review - Case Studies on Regulated Sectors
• NGA Submission: Aspects of Independence of Regulatory Agencies and Competition Advocacy

 Cartels Working Group

Subgroup General Framework

• Building Blocks for Effective Anti-Cartel Regimes (vol. 1) - Defining Hard Core Cartel Conduct, Effective Institutions and Effective Penalties

Subgroup Enforcement Techniques

• Anti-Cartel Enforcement Manual
• Anti-Cartel Enforcement Template

 Antitrust Enforcement in Regulated Sectors (AERS) Working Group

Subgroup Banking Sector

• An Increasing Role for Competition in the Regulation of Banks
• Appendix
• Best Practice Suggestions Banking

Subgroup Interrelations between Antitrust and Regulatory Authorities

• Interrelations between Antitrust and Regulatory Authorities

 Future Work Plans

• Mergers Working Group Work Plan
• Cartels Working Group Work Plan
• CPI Working Group Work Plan
• Telecoms Working Group Work Plan

 Achievements Paper

• ICN Mission and Achievements Statement