Page 7 - Bulletin No. 23 - Free Competition

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Free Competition 7 / PRESENT
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ACODECO participates in International contest about Competition advocacy

The International Network of Competition and the World Bank Group
launched the Competition Defense Contest 2019-2020. The objective of
this contest is to highlight the key role played by competition agencies,
industry regulators, other government agencies and non-governmental
organizations in promoting competition, by showing their success stories
in this regard.

Therefore, ACODECO is competing with the topic Extended Basic Medicine Basket (CABAMED), which aims to increase
competition between laboratories and economic agents by publishing a list of 153 active principles of reference and
generic medicines, so that consumers can obtain more price information and thus be able to compare before making
the decision to buy a medicine to treat a particular medical condition, after consulting their doctor.

Mergers Workshop, Lima Perú

From November 19 to 22, 2019, ACODECO participated in the Mergers
Workshop and the launch of the OCDE Regional Competition Centre
(RCC) for Latin America and the Caribbean, held in the National
Institution of Competition Defense and Protection of Intellectual
Property (Indecopi), located in Lima Perú.

The workshop allowed participants from various countries to familiarize
themselves with practical cases of economic mergers and posible
existing remedies.

On the other hand, the necessary contacts were made so that the
officials form ACODECO’s National Directorate of Free Competition can
be trained, in the future, in this important center.