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November 12, 2013

Earlier today, the ASEAN Experts Group on Competition launched a new regional ASEAN Competition Policy and Law web portal.

According to the Singapore Competition Commission, which announced the new website, the new portal is intended to serve as a one-stop portal for updates on competition-related issues and developments in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASIAN).  Included will be information on competition law in each of the ASEAN member states and updates on competition developments in each jurisdiction.

About the new ASEAN Competition Policy and Law portal (from the CCS):

“As the Chair of the AEGC Work Group on Developing Strategy and Tools for Regional Advocacy, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is pleased to announce the launch of the first ever AEGC web portal on competition policy and law. This initiative, which also includes the roll-out of a series of competition advocacy collaterals, marks the growing importance of competition awareness and understanding of competition law, as the 2015 deadline of ASEAN Economic Community draws nearer.

‘Ahead of 2015 when the vision of the ASEAN Economic Community will be established, it is vital for regional businesses to get up-to-speed on competition policy and law. Such knowledge and compliance will go a long way in smoothening out any future obstacles which both regulators and businesses in ASEAN may face in a single market’, commented Mr Teo Wee Guan, Director (Strategic Planning) of CCS and Chairman of the Work Group on Regional Competition Advocacy under AEGC.

The AEGC web portal serves as a one-stop portal for updates on competition-related issues and developments in ASEAN. Visitors to the website will be able to obtain information on competition law in each of the ASEAN member states as well as updates on competition developments in each jurisdiction. It also provides competition authorities in ASEAN a convenient platform to facilitate knowledge sharing and encourage deeper interaction among themselves.

To complement the web portal, a set of competition advocacy collaterals in the form of a brochure and pamphlet have also been developed to raise awareness among the general public on competition policy and law in the region. Through simple language, the collaterals aim to educate businesses and consumers on the key principles of competition policy and law, particularly with regards to its application in the region.

The web portal and competition advocacy collaterals are the outcome of the first phase of the project driven by the AEGC Working Group on “Developing Strategy and Tools for Regional Advocacy” which was chaired by CCS. The project is part of ASEAN’s broader move towards regional integration under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint, and was supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, an enterprise supporting the German government in achieving its objectives of international cooperation for sustainable development.”

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