Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour

The fundamental objective of competition law is to protect the process of rivalry between firms in the market. It prohibits any anti-competitive behaviour such as cartel, abuse of dominant position and mergers that have the effect of lessening competition. However, in practice regulating firms'...

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Main Authors:	Ambaras Khan, Mushera Bibi, Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin, Alavi, Rokiah, Ahamat, Haniff
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/1/Competition_Law_1.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/2/Competition_Law_2.pdf

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spelling	iium-347722014-02-07T07:10:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/ Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour Ambaras Khan, Mushera Bibi Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Alavi, Rokiah Ahamat, Haniff K Law (General) The fundamental objective of competition law is to protect the process of rivalry between firms in the market. It prohibits any anti-competitive behaviour such as cartel, abuse of dominant position and mergers that have the effect of lessening competition. However, in practice regulating firms' behaviours in the market is not an easy task. It requires both legal and economic analysis to determine which conducts are or are not allowed under the competition law regime. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the important provisions of "anti-competitive agreements" and "abuse of dominant position" under the Malaysian Competition Act 2010 (CA). It is observed that the CA has been heavily influenced by the UK and EU competition law. Despite the similar concepts applied, the actual implementation of the law may differ. This paper seeks to explore the issues and challenges that the Malaysian competition authority might be facing in enforcing competition rules which are largely drawn from foreign ideas. 2013-11 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/1/Competition_Law_1.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/2/Competition_Law_2.pdf Ambaras Khan, Mushera Bibi and Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin and Alavi, Rokiah and Ahamat, Haniff (2013) Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour. In: 2013 IAITL Conference, 11th-15th Nov. 2013, Bangkok Thailand. (Unpublished) http://www.lspi.net/authors_HK.html
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) Ambaras Khan, Mushera Bibi Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Alavi, Rokiah Ahamat, Haniff Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour
description	The fundamental objective of competition law is to protect the process of rivalry between firms in the market. It prohibits any anti-competitive behaviour such as cartel, abuse of dominant position and mergers that have the effect of lessening competition. However, in practice regulating firms' behaviours in the market is not an easy task. It requires both legal and economic analysis to determine which conducts are or are not allowed under the competition law regime. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the important provisions of "anti-competitive agreements" and "abuse of dominant position" under the Malaysian Competition Act 2010 (CA). It is observed that the CA has been heavily influenced by the UK and EU competition law. Despite the similar concepts applied, the actual implementation of the law may differ. This paper seeks to explore the issues and challenges that the Malaysian competition authority might be facing in enforcing competition rules which are largely drawn from foreign ideas.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ambaras Khan, Mushera Bibi Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Alavi, Rokiah Ahamat, Haniff
author_facet	Ambaras Khan, Mushera Bibi Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Alavi, Rokiah Ahamat, Haniff
author_sort	Ambaras Khan, Mushera Bibi
title	Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour
title_short	Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour
title_full	Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour
title_fullStr	Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour
title_full_unstemmed	Competition law in Malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour
title_sort	competition law in malaysia: issues and challenges in regulating market behaviour
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/1/Competition_Law_1.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/34772/2/Competition_Law_2.pdf
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