Agencies and Persons Conducting Competition Proceedings

Agencies and Persons Conducting Competition Proceedings

1. Agencies conducting competition proceedings include:
   a) The National Competition Commission;
   b) The Council for Handling Anti-competitive Cases;
   c) The Council for Settlement of Complaints against Decisions on Handling Competition Cases;
   d) The Competition Case Investigation Authority.

2. Persons conducting competition proceedings include:
   a) The Chairperson of the National Competition Commission;
   b) The Chairperson of the Council for Handling Anti-competitive Cases;
   c) Members of the Council for Handling Anti-competitive Cases;
   d) Members of the Council for Settlement of Complaints against Decisions on Handling Competition Cases;
   đ) The Head of the Competition Case Investigation Authority;
   e) Competition case investigators;
   g) Hearing secretaries.

Participants in Competition Proceedings

• The complainant;

• The respondent;

• The investigated party;

• Persons having related rights and obligations;

• Representatives protecting the lawful rights and interests of the complainant, the respondent, the investigated party, and persons having related rights and obligations;

• Witnesses;

• Experts;

• Interpreters.

Legal grounds: Articles 58 and 66 of the Law on Competition 2018.