Page 10 - Bulletin No. 14 - Free Competition

BOLETÍN de Libre Competencia PANAMÁ The workshop allowed ACODECO to learn about the Finally, a role play was developed, presenting the
ACODECO participated in the Workshop on Research Techniques of Mergers of the ICN

different research tools used by international competition
an exchange of questions and answers that seek to
agencies. concentrated parties and the competition agency, through
deepen the existence of competitors and understand the
During the first day, different presentations were made, relevant market.
especially a hypothetical Merger on Energy Drinks.
Emphasis was placed on the importance of organized During the second day was carried out an analytical
planning at the time of carrying out investigations of framework, where was defined the product market and the
mergers, where there is a rain of ideas on the topic to be geographic market of the parties concentrated. It is also
investigated, as well as other key aspects to define the analyzed possible corrective measures or remedies that
market, if there are anti-competitive effects and barriers to help keep the competition with the other economic agents,
entry. Also analyzed the mechanisms and appropriate then of economic concentration.
formulas to request documents, data and other
requirements useful for the analysis, so as to understand Taking all these aspects, the working groups proceeded to
the market in which converge the economic agents that are analyze in full the merger taking into account the theory of
concentrated and its competitors. damage, the competitive aspects, approving or not the
concentration or merger, based on the evidence obtained.

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