

Mission Organization Chart Statutes Activities Plan Strategy Contacts National Legislation European Community Notification of Mergers Merger Decisions Other Cases and Decisions Non-notification cases Competition Authority European Commission Responsibilities National Bilateral Multilateral OECD WTO UNCTAD	Cooperation I Lusophone Meeting On the initiative of the Portuguese Authority and with the co-operation of the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Económica (CADE) of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, the first Lusophone Competition Meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro on 28 and 29 June. Representatives of all the Portuguese-speaking countries participated in this meeting, with the exception of Timor and Cape Verde. The following are the main topics covered by the programme of the meeting: Competition in development, in particular in terms of its contribution to economic growth and the removal of barriers to a more competitive performance by the economies of Portuguese-speaking countries; Competition and regulation from the point of view of well-being and of policy in the regulated sectors; Instruments of competition policy, in particular the prior control of mergers and the fight against cartels; Competition and international trade, with emphasis on the Doha development agenda and the post-Cancun challenges; The institutional dimension, with emphasis on the independent agency model (Portuguese model) versus the model with the separation of functions and decision-making (Brazilian model); International cooperation, with the focus on the recently created ICN (international Competition Network) and its recommendations on the analysis of merger operations. On the basis of the declarations of the participating countries, it was possible to advance with the approval of the Declaration of Rio De Janeiro. The Authority then communicated the text of the Declaration to the Cape Verde and Timor Governments, the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), the World Bank (FIAS – Foreign Investment Advisory Services) and the European Commission (DG Comp). It is hoped that this Declaration represents an important milestone in the establishment of a Lusophone Competition Network, anchored in the Competition Authority and CADE and duly coordinated with the multilateral institutions operating in Portuguese-speaking countries. In this connection, possible synergies with UNCTAD should be pointed out: they are being explored within the context of the MoU signed this year and it is hoped that they lead to a II Lusophone Competition Meeting, to be held in Lisbon in the middle of 2005.

Cooperation

I Lusophone Meeting

On the initiative of the Portuguese Authority and with the co-operation of the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Económica (CADE) of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, the first Lusophone Competition Meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro on 28 and 29 June. Representatives of all the Portuguese-speaking countries participated in this meeting, with the exception of Timor and Cape Verde. The following are the main topics covered by the programme of the meeting:

Competition in development, in particular in terms of its contribution to economic growth and the removal of barriers to a more competitive performance by the economies of Portuguese-speaking countries;
Competition and regulation from the point of view of well-being and of policy in the regulated sectors;
Instruments of competition policy, in particular the prior control of mergers and the fight against cartels;
Competition and international trade, with emphasis on the Doha development agenda and the post-Cancun challenges;
The institutional dimension, with emphasis on the independent agency model (Portuguese model) versus the model with the separation of functions and decision-making (Brazilian model);
International cooperation, with the focus on the recently created ICN (international Competition Network) and its recommendations on the analysis of merger operations.

On the basis of the declarations of the participating countries, it was possible to advance with the approval of the Declaration of Rio De Janeiro. The Authority then communicated the text of the Declaration to the Cape Verde and Timor Governments, the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), the World Bank (FIAS – Foreign Investment Advisory Services) and the European Commission (DG Comp). It is hoped that this Declaration represents an important milestone in the establishment of a Lusophone Competition Network, anchored in the Competition Authority and CADE and duly coordinated with the multilateral institutions operating in Portuguese-speaking countries. In this connection, possible synergies with UNCTAD should be pointed out: they are being explored within the context of the MoU signed this year and it is hoped that they lead to a II Lusophone Competition Meeting, to be held in Lisbon in the middle of 2005.