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Competition Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....or market therefor; or (ii) technical or scientific development relating to goods or services to the prejudice of consumers; or (c) indulges in practice or practices resulting in denial of market access; or (d) makes conclusion of contracts subject to acceptance by other parties of supplementary obligations which, by their nature or according to commercial usage, have no connection with the subject of such contracts; or (e) uses its dominant position in one relevant market to enter into, or protect, other relevant market. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, the expression - (a) "dominant position" means a position of strength, enjoyed by an enterprise, in the relevant market, in India, which enables it to- (i) operate independently of competitive forces prevailing in the relevant market; or (ii) affect its competitors or consumers or the relevant market in its favour; (b) "predatory price" means the sale of goods or provision of services, at a price which is below the cost, as may be determined by regulations, or production of the goods or provision of services, with a view to reduce competition or eliminate the competitors. SECTION 05: COMBINATION. -The.....

Competition Act, 2002 Chapter 4

Title: Duties, Powers and Functions of Commission

State: Central

Year: 2002

..... (f) classification of industrial products.] ___________________________________________ 1. Substituted by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007] for the words "receipt of a complaint,". 2. Effective date :20th May 2009- notified vide Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification No S.O.1241(E) dated 15.05.2009. Section 20 - Inquiry into combination by Commission (1) The Commission may, upon its own knowledge or information relating to acquisition referred to in clause (a) of section 5 or acquiring of control referred to in clause (b) of section 5 or merger or amalgamation referred to in clause (c) of that section, inquire into whether such a combination has caused or is likely to cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India: Provided that the Commission shall not initiate any inquiry under this sub-section after the expiry of one year from the date on which such combination has taken effect. (2) The Commission shall, on receipt of a notice under sub-section (2) of section 6 1[* * *], inquire whether a combination referred to in that notice or reference has caused or is likely to cause an appreciable.....

Competition Act, 2002 Section 19

Title: Inquiry into Certain Agreements and Dominant Position of Enterprise

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....determining whether an agreement has an appreciable adverse effect on competition under section 3, have due regard to all or any of the following factors, namely:-- (a) creation of barriers to new entrants in the market; (b) driving existing competitors out of the market; (c) foreclosure of competition by hindering entry into the market; (d) accrual of benefits to consumers; (e) improvements in production or distribution of goods or provision of services; (f) promotion of technical, scientific and economic development by means of production or distribution of goods or provision of services. (4) The Commission shall, while inquiring whether an enterprise enjoys a dominant position or not under section4, have due regard to all or any of the following factors, namely:-- (a) market share of the enterprise; (b) size and resources of the enterprise; (c) size and importance of the competitors; (d) economic power of the enterprise including commercial advantages over competitors; (e) vertical integration of the enterprises or sale or service network of such enterprises; (f) dependence of consumers on the enterprise; (g) monopoly or dominant position whether.....

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 Chapter IV

Title: Effect of Registration

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....a competitor; (iii) geographical indications, the use of which in the course of trade is liable to mislead the persons as to the nature, the manufacturing process, the characteristics, the suitability for their purpose, or the quantity, of the goods; (c) uses another geographical indication to the goods which, although literally true as to the territory, region or locality in which the goods originate, falsely represents to the persons that the goods originate in the territory, region or locality in respect of which such registered geographical indication relates. (2) The Central Government may, if it thinks necessary so to do for providing additional protection to certain goods or classes of goods under sub-section (3), by notification in the Official Gazette, specify such goods or class or classes of goods, for the purposes of such protection. (3) Any person who is not an authorised user of a geographical indication registered under this Act in respect of the goods or any class or classes of goods notified under sub-section (2), uses any other geographical indication to such goods or class or classes of goods not originating in the place indicated by such other.....

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 Section 22

Title: Infringement or Registered Geographical Indications

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....a competitor; (iii) geographical indications, the use of which in the course of trade is liable to mislead the persons as to the nature, the manufacturing process, the characteristics, the suitability for their purpose, or the quantity, of the goods; (c) uses another geographical indication to the goods which, although literally true as to the territory, region or locality in which the goods originate, falsely represents to the persons that the goods originate in the territory, region or locality in respect of which such registered geographical indication relates. (2) The Central Government may, if it thinks necessary so to do for providing additional protection to certain goods or classes of goods under sub-section (3), by notification in the Official Gazette, specify such goods or class or classes of goods, for the purposes of such protection. (3) Any person who is not an authorised user of a geographical indication registered under this Act in respect of the goods or any class or classes of goods notified under sub-section (2), uses any other geographical indication to such goods or class or classes of goods not originating in the place indicated by such other.....

Competition Act, 2002 Chapter 2

Title: Prohibition of Certain Agreements, Abuse of Dominant Position and Regulation of Combinations

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....of the Explanation to section 5.]] ___________________________________________ 1. Substituted for the following by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007]. "(1) No enterprise shall abuse its dominant position." 2. Substituted by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007] for the words, brackets and figure "under sub-section (1), if an enterprise". 3. Inserted by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007]. 4. Effective date :20th May 2009- notified vide Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification No S.O.1241(E) dated 15.05.2009. Section 5 - Combination Regulation of combinations 5. Combination.-- The acquisition of one or more enterprises by one or more persons or merger or amalgamation of enterprises shall be a combination of such enterprises and persons or enterprises, if-- (a) any acquisition where-- (i) the parties to the acquisition, being the acquirer and the enterprise, whose control shares, voting rights or assets have been acquired or are being acquired jointly have,-- (A) either, in India, the assets of the value of more than rupees one thousand crores or turnover more than.....

Competition Act, 2002 Section 4

Title: Prohibition of Abuse of Dominant Position: Abuse of Dominant Position

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....provision of services, at a price which is below the cost, as may be determined by regulations, of production of the goods or provision of services, with a view to reduce competition or eliminate the competitors. 3[(c) "group" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (b) of the Explanation to section 5.]] ___________________________________________ 1. Substituted for the following by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007]. "(1) No enterprise shall abuse its dominant position." 2. Substituted by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007] for the words, brackets and figure "under sub-section (1), if an enterprise". 3. Inserted by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007]. 4. Effective date :20th May 2009- notified vide Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification No S.O.1241(E) dated 15.05.2009.

Competition Act, 2002 Section 20

Title: Inquiry into Combination by Commission

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....to have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in the relevant market, the Commission shall have due regard to all or any of the following factors, namely:-- (a) actual and potential level of competition through imports in the market; (b) extent of barriers to entry into the market; (c) level of combination in the market; (d) degree of countervailing power in the market; (e) likelihood that the combination would result in the parties to the combination being able to significantly and sustainably increase prices or profit margins; (f) extent of effective competition likely to sustain in a market; (g) extent to which substitutes are available or are likely to be available in the market; (h) market share, in the relevant market, of the persons or enterprise in a combination, individually and as a combination; (i) likelihood that the combination would result in the removal of a vigorous and effective competitor or competitors in the market; (j) nature and extent of vertical integration in the market; (k) possibility of a failing business; (l) nature and extent of innovation; (m) relative advantage, by way of the contribution to the economic.....

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Trade Marks Act, 1999shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. (3) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference- (a) to the use of a geographical indication shall be construed as a reference to the use of a printed or other visual representation of the geographical indication; (b) to the use of a geographical indication in relation to goods shall be construed as a reference to the use of the geographical indication upon, or in any physical or in any other relation whatsoever, to such goods; (c) to a registered geographical indication shall be construed as including a reference to a geographical indication registered in the register; (d) to the Registrar shall be construed as including a reference to any officer when discharging the functions of the Registrar in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3-; (e) to the Geographical Indications Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Geographical Indications Registry. SECTION 03: REGISTRAR OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (1) The Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks appointed.....

Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 Section 33

Title: Registrable Agreements Relating to Restrictive Trade Practices

State: Central

Year: 1969

.....or market for the disposal of the goods; (h) any agreement not to employ or restrict the employment of any method, machinery or process in the manufacture of goods; (i) any agreement for the exclusion from any trade association of any person carrying on or intending to carry on, in good faith the trade in relation to which the trade association is formed; (j) any agreement to sell goods at such prices as would have the effect of eliminating competition or a competitor; 2 [(ja) any agreement restricting in any manner, the class or number of wholesalers, producers or suppliers from whom any goods may be bought; (jb) any agreement as to the bids which any of the parties thereto may offer at an auction for the sale of goods or any agreement whereby any party thereto agrees to abstain from bidding at any auction for the sale of goods;] (k) any agreement not herein before referred to in this section which the Central Government may, 3 [by notification], specify for the time being as being one relating to a restrictive trade practice within the meaning of this sub-section pursuant to any recommendation made by the Commission in this behalf; (l) any agreement to enforce the.....