

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	International Representation (i) Review of the Model Law; studies related to the provisions of the UNCTAD Set of Principles and Rules On this point, Portugal asked the Secretariat to provide participants with the corrections to the Model Law (2007), entitled “PORTUGAL- Amendments to UNCTAD’s Model Law on Competition (2007)”. . (ii) Competition policy and the exercise of intellectual property rights This session debated aspects related to incentives to innovate and the interaction between intellectual property rights and competition, in particular the issues of abuses of a dominant position and the refusal to license. The US delegation presented its recent report “Antitrust enforcement and intellectual property rights” de Abril 2007. (iii) Technical assistance by UNCTAD in the field of competition and consumer protection This session was dominated by the debate on the COMPAL programme,UNCTAD's technical assistance programme to Latin America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru and Bolivia), which is supported by SECO (Swiss Confederation). Portugal submitted a written contribution to this session, entitled “The Lusophone Competition Network”, which was distributed among participants. During the debate, Portugal delivered a speech on Lusophone and Ibero-American Competition Networks. (iv) Competition at a national and international level: Energy The session dedicated to energy (electricity and natural gas) focused, in particular detail, on the importance of this sector to developing countries, the liberalisation movements to be seen in it, the problems arising from market power, the advantages and forms of vertical separation, and its relationship with sectoral regulation. In this session, Portugal submitted a written contribution entitled “The activities of the Portuguese Competition Authority in the Energy Sector and its role in the liberalization process” and delivered a paper, supported by a PowerPoint presentation, which was also distributed. This presentation aroused a high level of interest among those present, which was shown by the different questions asked by certain delegations. (v) Criteria for evaluating competition authorities This session stressed the importance of the Competition Authorities' evaluating the results of their activities of applying competition legislation, the criteria for carrying out this evaluation, and the bodies that should carry out this (internal or external) evaluation, in particular where the experience of “peer reviews” is concerned. Different countries shared their experience, including Portugal, which submitted two written contributions and delivered an oral exposition on the Institutional Development Pilot Project, implemented in the Competition Authority in partnership with the OECD in this domain. The titles of the documents submitted were as follows: “Criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of Competition Authorities” and “Why should national competition authorities be independent and how should they be accountable? - Abel M. Mateus” . Once again, those present considered the Portuguese example of great interest.

International Representation

(i) Review of the Model Law; studies related to the provisions of the UNCTAD Set of Principles and Rules

On this point, Portugal asked the Secretariat to provide participants with the corrections to the Model Law (2007), entitled “PORTUGAL- Amendments to UNCTAD’s Model Law on Competition (2007)”. .

(ii) Competition policy and the exercise of intellectual property rights

This session debated aspects related to incentives to innovate and the interaction between intellectual property rights and competition, in particular the issues of abuses of a dominant position and the refusal to license. The US delegation presented its recent report “Antitrust enforcement and intellectual property rights” de Abril 2007.

(iii) Technical assistance by UNCTAD in the field of competition and consumer protection

This session was dominated by the debate on the COMPAL programme,UNCTAD's technical assistance programme to Latin America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru and Bolivia), which is supported by SECO (Swiss Confederation). Portugal submitted a written contribution to this session, entitled “The Lusophone Competition Network”, which was distributed among participants. During the debate, Portugal delivered a speech on Lusophone and Ibero-American Competition Networks.

(iv) Competition at a national and international level: Energy

The session dedicated to energy (electricity and natural gas) focused, in particular detail, on the importance of this sector to developing countries, the liberalisation movements to be seen in it, the problems arising from market power, the advantages and forms of vertical separation, and its relationship with sectoral regulation.
In this session, Portugal submitted a written contribution entitled “The activities of the Portuguese Competition Authority in the Energy Sector and its role in the liberalization process” and delivered a paper, supported by a PowerPoint presentation, which was also distributed. This presentation aroused a high level of interest among those present, which was shown by the different questions asked by certain delegations.

(v) Criteria for evaluating competition authorities

This session stressed the importance of the Competition Authorities' evaluating the results of their activities of applying competition legislation, the criteria for carrying out this evaluation, and the bodies that should carry out this (internal or external) evaluation, in particular where the experience of “peer reviews” is concerned.
Different countries shared their experience, including Portugal, which submitted two written contributions and delivered an oral exposition on the Institutional Development Pilot Project, implemented in the Competition Authority in partnership with the OECD in this domain. The titles of the documents submitted were as follows: “Criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of Competition Authorities” and “Why should national competition authorities be independent and how should they be accountable? - Abel M. Mateus” . Once again, those present considered the Portuguese example of great interest.