Lugard, Paul
The international competition network at twenty: Origins, accomplishments and aspirations / .-- New York: : Institute de Droit de la Concurrence , 2022 .-- 491 p.; : 24 cm. .-- Concurrences: Competition Law Review - .
Editores: Paul Lugard, Dave Anderson
Autores: Alejandra Palacios, Alessandra Tonazzi, Alan Fels
The International Competition Network (ICN) is a unique phenomenon. As a virtual and informal
network of competition enforcement agencies from around the world, it has in less than two
decades become the single most authoritative platform in the field of international competition
law and policy. Currently uniting more than 140 competition authorities from developed and
developing countries, the ICN has made significant contributions to the harmonization and
converge once of procedural and substantive competition law and policy in the area of cartels,
unilateral conduct and mergers. Moreover, the ICN has stimulated competition authorities to
streamline procedures, pay due attention to procedural fairness guarantees for parties under
investigation and to build up agency capacity, resources and knowledge to review and assess
potentially anti-competitive conduct in addition to collaborating more effectively across
jurisdictions on enforcement and policy. In doing so, the activities of the ICN are of direct
importance to consumers worldwide.
As a successor to The International Competition Network at Ten, a collection of commentaries
that was published at the occasion of the ICN’s tenth anniversary in 2011, this publication again
brings together a number of essays written by leading competition agency officials, private
sector lawyers and academics on the accomplishments and aspirations of the ICN at the end
of its second decade.
The essays included in this book provide insights into the origins of the ICN, cover the activities
that the network has embarked upon during the past decade, explore its accomplishments
and the future directions that the organization will embark upon in a challenging but exciting
time that is witnessing a resurgence of popular interest in competition law, including an almost
global backlash against parts of the tech industry and attempts to accommodate sustainability
considerations, labor law issues and other public interest policies within competition law
and, more recently, some dramatic geopolitical frictions. The authors and editors of this
International Competition Law at Twenty book have sought to contribute to the history of the
ICN through this collection at the dawn of the organization’s third decade.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword.
Andreas Mundt
Acknowledgements.
Dave Anderson .
The ICN at Twenty. Origins, Accomplishments and Aspirations: An Introduction.
Paul Lugard
A Century with the ICN Maria Coppola, Elizabeth Kraus, Cynthia Lagdameo, Paul
O’Brien, and Randolph Tritell
2010–2020 Achievements of the ICN Working Groups.
Graeme Jarvie and Michele Pacillo
The Impact of the ICN on the ACCC.
Rod Sims and Marcus Bezzi
20 Years of South Africa’s Partnership with the ICN
Tembinkosi Bonakele
Linked-In: Antitrust and the Virtues of a Virtual Network – Looking Back and Forward.
Eleanor M. Fox
The Regionalisation of Competition Law. A Future Role for the International Competition
Network (ICN)?
Eyad Maher M. Dabbah
Rethinking Advocacy.
Allan Fels
Antitrust Compliance – Encouraging Corporate Compliance Eff orts.
Anne Riley
The Devil is in the Enforcement: Polish Merger Procedure in the Light of the ICN Guiding
Principles and Best Practices.
Mateusz Mateusz Bfachucki
ICN Due Process Initiatives over the Decades and the CAP’s Promise of Accountability.
James F. Rill and Jana I. Seidl
ICN Framework for Competition Agency Procedures (ICN CAP).
Eddy De Smijter and Filip Kubík
Th e Second Decade of ICN in Brazil: An overview and perspectives for Latin America.
Paulo Burnier da Silveira
Engaging Economists in the ICN: Uniting under a Common Language.
Martin Mandorff
The ICN at 20 – Looking ahead.
Margarida Matos Rosa
Th e ICN’s Role in Transforming Cartel Enforcement.
Neil Campbell and Guy Pinsonnault.
Who is Global if Not the ICN? ICN Milestones and the Future of the Agencies Network.
Andreas Mundt.
Development of Competition Law as Refl ected in the ICN
Siún O’Keeffe
Special Project on Sustainable Development and Competition Law: The Beginning of an
even more Beautiful Friendship?
Csaba Kovács and Aranka Nagy
Surveying the Surveys: The Drive for Implementation of the ICN’s Recommended Practices
for Merger Notifi cation and Review Procedures.
Dave Anderson and Paul Culliford
The Next Frontier of International Cooperation in Competition Enforcement.
John Pecman and Duy D Pham
How ICN and UNCTAD Can Work Together in International Cartel Enforcement Beyond
2020. Experiences of the UNCTAD Discussion Group on International Cooperation.
Pierre M. Horna
ICN’s Evolution from Start-Up to Global Leader.
Leah McCoy
Governance Design of the Regulatory Network: Th e ICN as an Experimentalist Network?
Yane Svetiev
China’s Competition Law and Policy in an International Comparative Context.
Huang Yong, Nell Lixia Zhou, and Tang Jinglun
The Times Th ey are A-Changing: What ICN for the Next Decade?
Alessandra Tonazzi
The Role of the International Competition Network in the Digital Era.
Alejandra Palacios and Heidi Sada
The Economics of International Competition Policy: New Challenges in the Light of
Digitization?
Oliver Budzinski
Developments and Prospects for the Discussion and Regulation of “Abuse of Superior
Bargaining Position” in the Digital Age.
Kazuyuki Sugimoto
978-1-939007-09-4
Competencia Derecho Economía internacional
International Competition Network (ICN) Derecho de la competencia Defensa de la competencia Cooperación internacional
Lugard, Paul, ed. lit. Anderson, Dave, ed. lit. Palacios, Alejandra Tonazzi, Alessandra Fels, Alan
The international competition network at twenty: Origins, accomplishments and aspirations / .-- New York: : Institute de Droit de la Concurrence , 2022 .-- 491 p.; : 24 cm. .-- Concurrences: Competition Law Review - .
Editores: Paul Lugard, Dave Anderson
Autores: Alejandra Palacios, Alessandra Tonazzi, Alan Fels
The International Competition Network (ICN) is a unique phenomenon. As a virtual and informal
network of competition enforcement agencies from around the world, it has in less than two
decades become the single most authoritative platform in the field of international competition
law and policy. Currently uniting more than 140 competition authorities from developed and
developing countries, the ICN has made significant contributions to the harmonization and
converge once of procedural and substantive competition law and policy in the area of cartels,
unilateral conduct and mergers. Moreover, the ICN has stimulated competition authorities to
streamline procedures, pay due attention to procedural fairness guarantees for parties under
investigation and to build up agency capacity, resources and knowledge to review and assess
potentially anti-competitive conduct in addition to collaborating more effectively across
jurisdictions on enforcement and policy. In doing so, the activities of the ICN are of direct
importance to consumers worldwide.
As a successor to The International Competition Network at Ten, a collection of commentaries
that was published at the occasion of the ICN’s tenth anniversary in 2011, this publication again
brings together a number of essays written by leading competition agency officials, private
sector lawyers and academics on the accomplishments and aspirations of the ICN at the end
of its second decade.
The essays included in this book provide insights into the origins of the ICN, cover the activities
that the network has embarked upon during the past decade, explore its accomplishments
and the future directions that the organization will embark upon in a challenging but exciting
time that is witnessing a resurgence of popular interest in competition law, including an almost
global backlash against parts of the tech industry and attempts to accommodate sustainability
considerations, labor law issues and other public interest policies within competition law
and, more recently, some dramatic geopolitical frictions. The authors and editors of this
International Competition Law at Twenty book have sought to contribute to the history of the
ICN through this collection at the dawn of the organization’s third decade.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword.
Andreas Mundt
Acknowledgements.
Dave Anderson .
The ICN at Twenty. Origins, Accomplishments and Aspirations: An Introduction.
Paul Lugard
A Century with the ICN Maria Coppola, Elizabeth Kraus, Cynthia Lagdameo, Paul
O’Brien, and Randolph Tritell
2010–2020 Achievements of the ICN Working Groups.
Graeme Jarvie and Michele Pacillo
The Impact of the ICN on the ACCC.
Rod Sims and Marcus Bezzi
20 Years of South Africa’s Partnership with the ICN
Tembinkosi Bonakele
Linked-In: Antitrust and the Virtues of a Virtual Network – Looking Back and Forward.
Eleanor M. Fox
The Regionalisation of Competition Law. A Future Role for the International Competition
Network (ICN)?
Eyad Maher M. Dabbah
Rethinking Advocacy.
Allan Fels
Antitrust Compliance – Encouraging Corporate Compliance Eff orts.
Anne Riley
The Devil is in the Enforcement: Polish Merger Procedure in the Light of the ICN Guiding
Principles and Best Practices.
Mateusz Mateusz Bfachucki
ICN Due Process Initiatives over the Decades and the CAP’s Promise of Accountability.
James F. Rill and Jana I. Seidl
ICN Framework for Competition Agency Procedures (ICN CAP).
Eddy De Smijter and Filip Kubík
Th e Second Decade of ICN in Brazil: An overview and perspectives for Latin America.
Paulo Burnier da Silveira
Engaging Economists in the ICN: Uniting under a Common Language.
Martin Mandorff
The ICN at 20 – Looking ahead.
Margarida Matos Rosa
Th e ICN’s Role in Transforming Cartel Enforcement.
Neil Campbell and Guy Pinsonnault.
Who is Global if Not the ICN? ICN Milestones and the Future of the Agencies Network.
Andreas Mundt.
Development of Competition Law as Refl ected in the ICN
Siún O’Keeffe
Special Project on Sustainable Development and Competition Law: The Beginning of an
even more Beautiful Friendship?
Csaba Kovács and Aranka Nagy
Surveying the Surveys: The Drive for Implementation of the ICN’s Recommended Practices
for Merger Notifi cation and Review Procedures.
Dave Anderson and Paul Culliford
The Next Frontier of International Cooperation in Competition Enforcement.
John Pecman and Duy D Pham
How ICN and UNCTAD Can Work Together in International Cartel Enforcement Beyond
2020. Experiences of the UNCTAD Discussion Group on International Cooperation.
Pierre M. Horna
ICN’s Evolution from Start-Up to Global Leader.
Leah McCoy
Governance Design of the Regulatory Network: Th e ICN as an Experimentalist Network?
Yane Svetiev
China’s Competition Law and Policy in an International Comparative Context.
Huang Yong, Nell Lixia Zhou, and Tang Jinglun
The Times Th ey are A-Changing: What ICN for the Next Decade?
Alessandra Tonazzi
The Role of the International Competition Network in the Digital Era.
Alejandra Palacios and Heidi Sada
The Economics of International Competition Policy: New Challenges in the Light of
Digitization?
Oliver Budzinski
Developments and Prospects for the Discussion and Regulation of “Abuse of Superior
Bargaining Position” in the Digital Age.
Kazuyuki Sugimoto
978-1-939007-09-4
Competencia Derecho Economía internacional
International Competition Network (ICN) Derecho de la competencia Defensa de la competencia Cooperación internacional
Lugard, Paul, ed. lit. Anderson, Dave, ed. lit. Palacios, Alejandra Tonazzi, Alessandra Fels, Alan