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Digital Era Competition BRICS Report Released

We are happy to present our Draft BRICS academic report on Digital Era Competition Law: A BRICS Perspective. Download. 
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BRICS Competition Innovation Law&Policy Joint Research Platform is a project of systematic strategic cooperation of BRICS competition authorities with academia with a purpose to develop unified approaches to antimonopoly regulation of innovative and socially important markets.
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THE REGULATION OF THE GLOBAL FOOD VALUE CHAIN: A BRICS PERSPECTIVE

The research project, prepared In the context of the BRICS competition authorities' cooperation, aims to provide the first in-depth analysis of the regulation, from a competition policy perspective, of the food industry by the BRICS countries, and selected developed countries (European Union, United States).
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Happy Chinese New Year from BRICS Competition Centre
24.01.2020
The Justice Department's antitrust division is preparing to tackle price-fixing in the generic-drug industry
17.01.2020
Pharmaceuticals
Amazon's antitrust investigation in India
16.01.2020
China Targets Digital Sector in Antitrust Law Revision
13.01.2020
Digital Markets
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
24.12.2019
Chinese oil market ‘unbuilding’
23.12.2019
Energy
FAS Russia in TOP-10
21.12.2019
EU antitrust authorities are considering tightening their policies on IT corporations
20.12.2019
Digital Markets
Russian Digital Competition History: CenterTelecom and Sovintel
19.12.2019
World Bank Report on Competition Policy
18.12.2019
Laptop produces and software pre-installation: competition case
17.12.2019
Digital Markets
Google Case Follow up
11.12.2019
Digital Markets
SAMR's New Draft on Whistle-blowers
10.12.2019
South Africa’s Inquiry into Data Prices
05.12.2019
Pharma Cartels Fined
04.12.2019
Pharmaceuticals
Vladimir Putin about Russia's initiatives during the BRICS presidency
02.12.2019
State-backed Giant Rostelecom to Consolidate Tele2, the Fastest Growing Mobile Operator in Russia
28.11.2019
Digital Markets
A step towards compulsory licensing in Russia
25.11.2019
E-commerce and online food ordering business in India: Market Study by CCI
22.11.2019
Alexey Ivanov: A key area of the new regulatory policy should be to promote the openness of global networks and reduce barriers to the global spread of innovation
21.11.2019
Cade releases report on digital economy
19.11.2019
Interview: Alexandro Barretto, president of CADE
03.10.2019
Competition issues in the BRICS pharmaceutical markets
01.10.2019
Pharmaceuticals
BRICS International Academic Workshop "Competition Policy in Digital Era"
30.09.2019
Digital Markets
Presentation of Digital Era Competition BRICS Report: new challenges of the digital age
20.09.2019
Digital Era Competition BRICS Report
18.09.2019
Digital Markets
BRICS Pre-conference Academic Workshop
16.09.2019
Digital Markets
VI BRICS Competition Conference
16.09.2019
Digital Markets
Antitrust Compliance in Russia
05.09.2019
Competition Development in Russia: Existing Problems
04.09.2019
Centre Director: "the decision of the German authorities to ban the export of personal data of users was revolutionary"
02.09.2019
20 years of South African Competition Commission
29.08.2019
Consolidation of Yandex Taxi and Vezet as Competition Issue
28.08.2019
Facebook in Germany: antitrust case
27.08.2019
FAS Russia launched an antitrust investigation against Apple
26.08.2019
Libra Case and Competition Concerns
22.08.2019
Ioannis Lianos nominated as president of Greece's competition authority
22.08.2019
Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigation into Google
21.08.2019
US investigations into BigTech
20.08.2019
BRICS Digital Report: Digital divide is one of the BRICS problems competition authorities could tackle
19.08.2019
BRICS Digital Report – One Month to Go
19.08.2019
Digital Markets
Within the VI BRICS Competition Conference, the BRICS Working Groups for the research of competition issues in socially significant markets will hold its traditional meetings
05.08.2019
Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Era
02.08.2019
Announcement: Competition Law and Policy in Digital Economy Workshop in Brazil
25.07.2019
Digital Markets
SAMR one year on, evaluating the reformed regulatory body of China
01.07.2019
Questionnaire: Digital report
22.05.2019
Digital Markets
Alexey Ivanov: “The 6th antimonopoly package will be aimed at internal digital transformation of the antimonopoly authority”
16.05.2019
Round table on the topic of "Antimonopoly regulation for the digital economy in the interests of the BRICS countries."
14.05.2019
Digital Markets
The report "Research on the state of competition in the digital markets of the BRICS countries" was discussed in China.
19.04.2019
Digital Markets
The development of the Centre was discussed at a meeting in China
20.03.2019
Deep Transformations of Antitrust Regulation and the Careful Analysis They Require
10.12.2018
FAS December Conference
06.12.2018
Russia Competition Week: Academic meet up
16.10.2018
BRICS Draft report on Global Food Value Chains published
03.10.2018
Innovation Agriculture and Food
Russia Competition Week: session of the BRICS Liason Committee on Antimonopoly policy
01.10.2018
International Cooperation
Russia Competition Week: Round table on Pharmaceutical Issues
26.09.2018
Innovation Pharmaceuticals
Roundtable "Anticompetitive Practices of Big Pharma: the response of the Competition Authorities of BRICS+"
25.09.2018
Pharmaceuticals
The BRICS Antimonopoly Centre opens at the Higher School of Economics
30.07.2018
International Cooperation
Alexey Ivanov on RBC: "In the modern knowledge economy, pricing loses its signal function"
12.07.2018
Innovation
FAS Russia and the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law & Development Present the co-authored book "Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Age"
24.05.2018
Digital Markets
Bayer of Germany to Share Technology with Russia
21.04.2018
Innovation Agriculture and Food
Plenary session "New Stage of Anti-Monopoly Policy: Presentation of the 5th Anti-Monopoly Package"
11.04.2018
Dominance & Monopolisation
Institute Project on Food Market Regulation Marks Russian Competition Week
30.09.2017
Agriculture and Food
International Conference on Issues of Antitrust Regulation and Intellectual Property in the New Economy: a Sino-Russian Perspective
09.07.2016
International Cooperation Agriculture and Food
The Global Food Chain: Prospects for Development of Competition Law and Policy
18.05.2016
International Cooperation Agriculture and Food
Meeting of the International Working Group on the Research of Competition Issues in the Pharmaceutical Sector
25.03.2016
Dominance & Monopolisation Pharmaceuticals
South Africa Hosts Meeting of BRICS Heads of the Competition Authorities
13.11.2015
Dominance & Monopolisation Agriculture and Food
BRICS Countries Agree on Anti-monopoly Cooperation
13.11.2015
International Cooperation Energy
International Antitrust Discussion Platform to be based at HSE-Skolkovo Institute
25.06.2015
Mergers Pharmaceuticals
BRICS International Academic Workshop, Panel 1
Digital Markets
BRICS cooperation
Roberto Unger About Intellectual Property
International Cooperation Digital Markets
24.01.2020
news
Happy Chinese New Year from BRICS Competition Centre
17.01.2020
news
The Justice Department's antitrust division is preparing to tackle price-fixing in the generic-drug industry
In the interview to The Wall Street Journal, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim said that the Justice Department is preparing to research and investigate the generic drug industry and even go as far as filing cases for allegedly fixing prices. The department has been investigating possible criminal conduct by generic drug companies for years, but there has been little action so far.
Pharmaceuticals
16.01.2020
news
Amazon's antitrust investigation in India
This week Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has visited India. At the same time, multiple protests against Amazon have spurred across a country, and an antitrust investigation was started against the tech giant.
13.01.2020
news
China Targets Digital Sector in Antitrust Law Revision
Recently it was announced that for the first time China had included the internet industry in the planned revision and overhaul of its antitrust legislation, potentially giving regulators the power to regulate the increasingly dominant technology giants effectively.
Digital Markets
24.12.2019
news
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
23.12.2019
news
Chinese oil market ‘unbuilding’
The Chinese authorities have created a national operator for the transportation of oil and gas, giving it all the main oil and gas pipelines in the country. Previously, they belonged to state-owned oil and gas companies. The idea behind Chinese "unbundling" is to increase competition in the country's oil and gas market.
Energy
21.12.2019
news
FAS Russia in TOP-10
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia for the first time entered the top ten best antitrust organizations in the world, said department head Igor Artemyev at the congress of the Yabloko party.
20.12.2019
news
EU antitrust authorities are considering tightening their policies on IT corporations
EU antitrust authorities are considering tightening their policies on IT corporations, forcing them to ensure equal conditions in the market.
Digital Markets
19.12.2019
news
Russian Digital Competition History: CenterTelecom and Sovintel
18.12.2019
news
World Bank Report on Competition Policy
On December 17, 2019, the Deputy Head of the FAS Russia Andrey Tsyganov met with the Director and Permanent Representative of the World Bank in Russia, Mr Renaud Seligmann
17.12.2019
news
Laptop produces and software pre-installation: competition case
With this case we are starting the series of publication devoted to the descriptions of digital cases examined by  the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federations. The fiches were prepared by the analytical team of the BRICS Competition Centre.
Digital Markets
11.12.2019
news
Google Case Follow up
Earlier in September, we reported about the antitrust investigation launched in the United States regarding Google's marketing activity.
Digital Markets
10.12.2019
news
SAMR's New Draft on Whistle-blowers
The  State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) posted a Draft - "Major illegal acts in the field of market supervision Interim Measures for Reporting Rewards (Revised Draft for Comment)" on its website for public comment.
05.12.2019
news
South Africa’s Inquiry into Data Prices
On the 2nd of December, the South African Competition Commission released a media statement regarding the data prices investigation. The Commission initiated the Inquiry in August 2017. South Africa's two biggest mobile-phone companies - Vodacom Group Ltd. and MTN Group Ltd. have been under scrutiny for the last few years regarding their data prices, and the Competition Commission of South Africa has finally released final findings and recommendations for data services market enquiry earlier this week.
04.12.2019
news
Pharma Cartels Fined
In July 2019 the head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Igor Artemiev at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin said that in Russia, the problem of cartels is now most acute in the pharmaceutical industry. Three months later, we can see the progress in the battle with the cartels
Pharmaceuticals
02.12.2019
news
Vladimir Putin about Russia's initiatives during the BRICS presidency
The BRICS Summit in Brazilia was held under the motto "Economic growth in the interests of an innovative future," The work and discussions carried out during those two days once again showed that over the past ten years, BRICS has achieved serious results and has gained a reputation as a respected association. At the same time, the coordination mechanisms established within BRICS make it possible to cooperate effectively in politics, security, trade, finance and culture.
28.11.2019
news
State-backed Giant Rostelecom to Consolidate Tele2, the Fastest Growing Mobile Operator in Russia
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) allowed Rostelecom to buy 55% of T2 RTK Holding LLC (operating under the Tele2 brand), the service’s website reported .
Digital Markets
25.11.2019
news
A step towards compulsory licensing in Russia
22.11.2019
news
E-commerce and online food ordering business in India: Market Study by CCI
Competition commission of India (CCI) has released a Market Study on e-commerce in India and its strategy shifts.
21.11.2019
news
Alexey Ivanov: A key area of the new regulatory policy should be to promote the openness of global networks and reduce barriers to the global spread of innovation
On November 19-20, 2019, the traditional V International Scientific and Practical Conference "Antitrust Policy: Science, Practice, Education" was organized at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, organized by the FAS Russia in partnership with the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development. The staff and guests of the Institute took part in all the most relevant discussions of the conference.
19.11.2019
news
Cade releases report on digital economy
The report offers a view on competition policies and enforcement in BRICS countries.
03.10.2019
news
Interview: Alexandro Barretto, president of CADE
01.10.2019
news
Competition issues in the BRICS pharmaceutical markets
The second day of the BRICS International Competition Conference has not only started with a varietal topic but was also concluded with another life and death importance level panel – pharmaceutical regulation. The issues that could be discussed within this area are vast; however, most of the representatives from BRICS competition authorities have focused on two common problems for all of the countries – generics and pricing.
Pharmaceuticals
30.09.2019
video
BRICS International Academic Workshop "Competition Policy in Digital Era"
Digital Markets
20.09.2019
news
Presentation of Digital Era Competition BRICS Report: new challenges of the digital age
The session took place within the framework of the BRICS International Competition Conference on September 19.
18.09.2019
news
Digital Era Competition BRICS Report
Digital Markets
16.09.2019
news
BRICS Pre-conference Academic Workshop
Digital Markets
05.09.2019
news
Antitrust Compliance in Russia
04.09.2019
news
Competition Development in Russia: Existing Problems
02.09.2019
news
Centre Director: "the decision of the German authorities to ban the export of personal data of users was revolutionary"
29.08.2019
news
20 years of South African Competition Commission
28.08.2019
news
Consolidation of Yandex Taxi and Vezet as Competition Issue
27.08.2019
news
Facebook in Germany: antitrust case
26.08.2019
news
FAS Russia launched an antitrust investigation against Apple
22.08.2019
news
Libra Case and Competition Concerns
22.08.2019
news
Ioannis Lianos nominated as president of Greece's competition authority
21.08.2019
news
Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigation into Google
20.08.2019
news
US investigations into BigTech
19.08.2019
news
BRICS Digital Report: Digital divide is one of the BRICS problems competition authorities could tackle
We start revealing some interesting facts from the report on the digital economy of the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Center to be presented on September 19 within the framework of the  BRICS International Competition Conference in Moscow.
19.08.2019
news
BRICS Digital Report – One Month to Go
Digital Markets
05.08.2019
news
Within the VI BRICS Competition Conference, the BRICS Working Groups for the research of competition issues in socially significant markets will hold its traditional meetings
02.08.2019
news
Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Era
On July 31 - August 1, Director of the HSE-Skolkovo Institute Alexey Ivanov took part in an international conference organised by the Department of Economic Research of the Administrative Council for the Protection of Competition of Brazil (CADE) titled 'Designing Antitrust for the Digital Era Conference'.
25.07.2019
news
Announcement: Competition Law and Policy in Digital Economy Workshop in Brazil
The workshop is co-organised by the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre, CLES@UCL and Insper. Participants will discuss interim stage of the preparation of the report on "Antimonopoly Regulation in the Digital Economy", which will be presented in September 2019 as part of the BRICS International Competition Conference.

Digital Markets
01.07.2019
news
SAMR one year on, evaluating the reformed regulatory body of China
22.05.2019
news
Questionnaire: Digital report
The questionnaire is designed to assist policy makers and competition authorities in BRICS countries when dealing with new challenges arising from the digital economy. It aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the business ecosystem that of the digital economy, features of its value chains and bottlenecks and areas of reform for the benefit of the sector.  
Digital Markets
16.05.2019
news
Alexey Ivanov: “The 6th antimonopoly package will be aimed at internal digital transformation of the antimonopoly authority”
The Director of the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development made this statement at the session “Digital Economy — New Challenges, New Solutions” of the 9th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
14.05.2019
news
Round table on the topic of "Antimonopoly regulation for the digital economy in the interests of the BRICS countries."
Round table on the topic of "Antimonopoly regulation for the digital economy in the interests of the BRICS countries"
Digital Markets
19.04.2019
news
The report "Research on the state of competition in the digital markets of the BRICS countries" was discussed in China.
The report "Research on the state of competition in the digital markets of the BRICS countries" was discussed in China.
Digital Markets
20.03.2019
news
The development of the Centre was discussed at a meeting in China
The project was named as the most important joint initiative of bilateral cooperation in the field of antitrust regulation
10.12.2018
news
Deep Transformations of Antitrust Regulation and the Careful Analysis They Require
Problems of controlling fundamentally new forms of market power and new types of economic competition were discussed at the conference "Antitrust Policy: Science, Practice, Education", which was held over December 6-7 at Skolkovo.
The conference was organised by the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development together with FAS Russia at the Skolkovo site.
16.10.2018
news
Russia Competition Week: Academic meet up
On September 26, as part of the Competition Week, a meeting of experts of the BRICS Antimonopoly Centre was held.
03.10.2018
news
BRICS Draft report on Global Food Value Chains published
The comprehensive work was done by the HSE-Skolkovo Institute and UCL Center for Law & Economics under leadership of Prof. Ioannis Lianos. The report is the first serious outcome of the BRICS cooperation in the competition law and policy field. The preparatory work on this report was conducted in the course of the Joint Working Group on the Global Food Value Chains established by the BRICS competition authorities back in 2015. The first interim results of this work were presented in May 2016 in St. Petersburg.
Innovation Agriculture and Food
01.10.2018
news
Russia Competition Week: session of the BRICS Liason Committee on Antimonopoly policy
Within the Russian Competition Week held on September 24-27 in Sochi took place the session of the BRICS coordination committee on Antimonopoly policy. It has covered many issues, focusing on four overreaching topics.
International Cooperation
26.09.2018
news
Russia Competition Week: Round table on Pharmaceutical Issues
Roundtable “Anticompetitive practices of the Big Pharma: response of the BRICS Competition Authorities” took place on September 25 within the framework of  the International Russia Competition Week
Innovation Pharmaceuticals
30.07.2018
news
The BRICS Antimonopoly Centre opens at the Higher School of Economics
This summer the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development has opened a new division - the BRICS Antimonopoly Centre. The latter will engage in applied research and expert analysis aimed at improving competition policies and strengthening antitrust regulation in the BRICS economies.
International Cooperation
12.07.2018
news
Alexey Ivanov on RBC: "In the modern knowledge economy, pricing loses its signal function"
Institute Director gives an expert’s opinion on the RBC report on the regulation of e-commerce and the adoption of the Fifth Antimonopoly Package.

Innovation
24.05.2018
news
FAS Russia and the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law & Development Present the co-authored book "Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Age"
The treatise was presented by the team of authors during a conference at the Higher School of Economics on April 23.
Digital Markets
21.04.2018
news
Bayer of Germany to Share Technology with Russia
The project, in which the Institute holds a key expert position, has been hailed a success.
Innovation Agriculture and Food
11.04.2018
news
Plenary session "New Stage of Anti-Monopoly Policy: Presentation of the 5th Anti-Monopoly Package"
On April 10, 2018, the above-titled plenary session took place within the framework of the XIX April International Conference of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
Dominance & Monopolisation
30.09.2017
news
Institute Project on Food Market Regulation Marks Russian Competition Week
September 27th saw a joint meeting of the BRICS Working Groups for Research on Competition Issues in the Food Market
Agriculture and Food
25.03.2016
news
Meeting of the International Working Group on the Research of Competition Issues in the Pharmaceutical Sector
On March 24 at the World Trade Centre a joint meeting of the International Working Group on the research of competition issues in the pharmaceutical sector was held, with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, with a high-level panel discussion on: "the Experience of the BRICS countries in overcoming the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the availability of medicines".
Dominance & Monopolisation Pharmaceuticals
13.11.2015
news
South Africa Hosts Meeting of BRICS Heads of the Competition Authorities
November 12th saw the opening of the two-day conference of competition authorities of the BRICS countries in Durban, South Africa, under the theme of 'Competition and Inclusive Growth'.
Dominance & Monopolisation Agriculture and Food
13.11.2015
news
BRICS Countries Agree on Anti-monopoly Cooperation
Speaking at the fourth conference of BRICS countries' competition authorities, Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) Igor Artemyev said the BRICS countries intend to pool their efforts in investigating monopoly actions of international corporations.
International Cooperation Energy
25.06.2015
news
International Antitrust Discussion Platform to be based at HSE-Skolkovo Institute
On the 22-23rd June the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Forum took place at HSE St Petersburg. The international conference was organised jointly by the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development, the Centre for Law, Economics and Society at UCL and the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). Heads of antitrust departments and experts from the BRICS and the EEC were joined by leading academics and experts on competition law from Europe and the US.
Mergers Pharmaceuticals
video
BRICS International Academic Workshop, Panel 1
Digital Markets
video
BRICS cooperation
video
Roberto Unger About Intellectual Property
International Cooperation Digital Markets
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Administrative Council for Economic Defense
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Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation
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Competition Commission of India
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State Market Regulatory Administration
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Competition Commission South Africa
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About the project

06 Dec 2018

FAS December Conference

The December Conference has been hosted (annually) in Moscow for many years and supported by the Russian Competition Authority (FAS) and the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development.

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Joint Research Platform
BRICS Competition Innovation Law&Policy Joint Research Platform is a project of systematic strategic cooperation of BRICS competition authorities with academia with a purpose to develop unified approaches to antimonopoly regulation of innovative and socially important markets.
The BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre (BRICS Competition Centre) project was initiated and is coordinated by the Skolkovo - Higher School of Economics Institute for Law and Development, a Moscow-based international think tank. The aim of the BRICS Competition Centre is to provide the meeting point for BRICS competition law research, ensure the scientific support the work of BRICS competition authorities and to promote a distinct BRICS competition law agenda for the global economy. The BRICS Competition Centre collaborates with a number of partner institutions worldwide and relies on a group of internationally known competition law and policy experts, public intellectuals, industry and technology leaders. 
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