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ARTICLE · 08 MAY 2001

Reporting Period : January 01 – March 01

Tavernier Tschanz
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SwitzerlandCorporate/Commercial Law
Silvio Venturi
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Enforcement Policy And Legislative Developments

  • Annual Report Of The FCC
On February 16, the FCC published its annual report. The FCC during the year 2000 focused on combatting hard-core cartels rooted in price-fixing, geographical market sharing and quantity restriction agreements, as well as on acting to repress abuses of dominant position. Seven investigations were opened and six closed concerning price-fixing agreements and five were opened and three closed concerning abuses of dominant position. Charged with analyzing regulations implementing competition policy, the FCC and its Secretariat devoted attention throughout the year to the electricity and health-care markets. The FCC recommended to the Swiss Federal Council that health insurers should be required to reimburse policy-holders for medicine procured at lower cost abroad.
  • Competition Act

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