Competition law glossary

Regulation can contradict competition policy.
Regulations may have encouraged, or even required, conduct or conditions that would otherwise be in violation of the competition law.
For example, regulations may have permitted price coordination, prevented advertising or required territorial market division.

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The broad and commonly admitted purpose of competition policy is to minimize the economic inefficiencies created in markets by anti-competitive behaviours148.
Competition policy consists not only of competition law enforcement, but also of trade liberalization and deregulation in the interest of consumers’ welfare.

(iii) The redesigned format of the presentation of the Model Law on Competition and its updates comprises a copy of the 2007 version of the Model Law (TD/B/RBP/CONF.5/7/Rev.3, Sales No.
E.07.II.D.7) combined with a loose-leaf-collection that presents chapter-by-chapter commentaries on respective provisions of the Model Law.

There is no common rule for the title of the competition laws.
The different titles adopted generally reflect the objectives and hierarchy of the law, as well as the legal traditions of the countries concerned.