COMPETITION COMMISSION

The Competition Commission is a statutory body established in 2009 to enforce the Competition Act 2007. This Act established a competition regime in Mauritius, under which the Competition Commission can investigate possible anticompetitive behavior by businesses. In its investigations, the Competition Commission has considerable powers to compel businesses and others involved to provide information. If it decides that a business's conduct is anticompetitive, it has strong powers to intervene and correct the situation. Where businesses have been found to be deliberately agreeing to fix prices or share markets, the Commission can impose fines... Commissioners, headed by a Chairman, together constitute ‘The Competition Commission' as established by the Competition Act 2007. The Commissioners, meeting together, act as the strategic decision-making body for the Competition Commission as an institution. They also make the decisions on all investigations of restrictive practices under the..

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