Revised Draft Guidelines under the Competition Ordinance – March 2015

On 30 March 2015, the Competition Commission (Commission) and the Communications Authority (CA) published revised versions of the Draft Guidelines (Revised Draft Guidelines) under the Competition Ordinance (Cap. 619). The publication of the Revised Draft Guidelines follows careful consideration of the feedback provided by stakeholders on the Draft Guidelines released in October 2014. For a copy of the press release, click here .

Along with the Revised Draft Guidelines, the Commission and the CA have also published a Guide to the Revised Draft Guidelines Issued under the Competition Ordinance summarising the approach of the Commission and the CA to preparing the Revised Draft Guidelines and how the key issues raised in submissions from stakeholders were addressed.

The documents published are:
• Guide to the Revised Draft Guidelines Issued under the Competition Ordinance [ Click here ]
• Revised Draft Guideline on Complaints [ Click here ]
• Revised Draft Guideline on Investigations [ Click here ]
• Revised Draft Guideline on Applications for a Decision under Sections 9 and 24 (Exclusions and Exemptions) and Section 15 Block Exemption Orders [ Click here ]
• Revised Draft Guideline on the First Conduct Rule [ Click here ]
• Revised Draft Guideline on the Second Conduct Rule [ Click here ]
• Revised Draft Guideline on the Merger Rule [ Click here ]

The period for accepting comments on the Revised Draft Guidelines is now closed.

To view the comments received, please click here .