Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar

In 2012 the Malaysia Competition Commission (“MyCC”) took action against the biggest airlines in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (“MAS”) and AirAsia Bhd for breaching the Competition Act 2010 (“CA 2010”) by entering into a market sharing arrangement. MyCC imposed a financial penalty of RM10 m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin, Ahamat, Haniff
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sweet & Maxwell, Thomson Reuters 2016
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53658/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53658/1/Law%20Review%20Article%20edit.pdf

id	iium-53658
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-536582019-04-25T00:41:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53658/ Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff K Law (General) In 2012 the Malaysia Competition Commission (“MyCC”) took action against the biggest airlines in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (“MAS”) and AirAsia Bhd for breaching the Competition Act 2010 (“CA 2010”) by entering into a market sharing arrangement. MyCC imposed a financial penalty of RM10 million on each enterprise and the enterprises appealed against the MyCC’s decision to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”). In 2014 the CAT issued a landmark decision in favour of the appellants and set aside the decision of the MyCC. The aim of this article is to analyse the reasons for the appeal decision and how the CAT interpreted the competition provisions embodied in the CA 2010. This paper argues among others that the CAT’s decision has a great impact on the manner in which the MyCC performs its duties especially in dealing with hardcore restrictions which fall under the “object” category. Sweet & Maxwell, Thomson Reuters 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53658/1/Law%20Review%20Article%20edit.pdf Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin and Ahamat, Haniff (2016) Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar. The Law Review, 3. pp. 415-425. ISSN 1985-0891
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	K Law (General)
spellingShingle	K Law (General) Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar
description	In 2012 the Malaysia Competition Commission (“MyCC”) took action against the biggest airlines in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (“MAS”) and AirAsia Bhd for breaching the Competition Act 2010 (“CA 2010”) by entering into a market sharing arrangement. MyCC imposed a financial penalty of RM10 million on each enterprise and the enterprises appealed against the MyCC’s decision to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”). In 2014 the CAT issued a landmark decision in favour of the appellants and set aside the decision of the MyCC. The aim of this article is to analyse the reasons for the appeal decision and how the CAT interpreted the competition provisions embodied in the CA 2010. This paper argues among others that the CAT’s decision has a great impact on the manner in which the MyCC performs its duties especially in dealing with hardcore restrictions which fall under the “object” category.
format	Article
author	Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff
author_facet	Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff
author_sort	Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
title	Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar
title_short	Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar
title_full	Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar
title_fullStr	Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar
title_full_unstemmed	Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar
title_sort	appeal decision on mas-airasia case : a commentar
publisher	Sweet & Maxwell, Thomson Reuters
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53658/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53658/1/Law%20Review%20Article%20edit.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T21:15:53Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T21:15:53Z
_version_	1777411559334608896

Appeal decision on MAS-AirAsia case : a commentar

Similar Items