PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10.00 a.m. Third meeting Item 6 Review of All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices Voluntary Peer review on Competition Policy: Jamaica (TD/RBP/CONF.6/7) Moderator : Mr. Ulf Böge, President, Bundeskartellamt Introductory remarks by Mr. Philippe Brusick, Head of Programme, DITC, UNCTAD Session I Presentation of the country report by Mr. Gilles Ménard, consultant for the UNCTAD secretariat Observations by: Dr. Peter-John Gordon, Chairman, and Mrs. Barbara Lee, Executive Director, Fair Trading Commission (FTC) Panellists: Ms Hilary Jennings, OFT, United Kingdom Mr. Vinod Dhall, Competition Commission, India Questions and answers: Successive rounds of questions by panellists and responses by the Jamaican delegates Session II An interactive session on specific issues identified in the peer review report and issues on which the Jamaica Fair Trading Commission might seek clarification and advice from participating competition authorities. TD/RBP/CONF.6/PROG.2 GE.05-71018 Plenary Hall Plenary Hall Session III The way forward: Presentation of a joint UNCTAD-IDB project in support of the FTC work programme and summing-up of final recommendations by the Moderator. ***** Followed by (time permitting): General statements ***** 3.00 p.m. Fourth meeting Item 6 Plenary Hall Review of All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices Panel III: "The role of economic analysis in competition law enforcement" Presentations by panellists Mr. Serdar Dalkir (MICRA) Mr. Miguel Cantillo (Costa Rica) Mr. Owen Tshabangu (Zimbabwe) Ms. Alessandra Tonazzi (Italy) Ms. Agnieszka Kaldonek (Poland) Mr. George Lipimile (Zambia) Mr. Miranshan Ramburuth (South Africa) Panel IV "The role of the judiciary in competition law enforcement" Presentations by panellists Mr. Jaime Barahona (Chile) Mr. Andreas Mundt (Germany) Ms. Luna Abbadi (Jordan) Ms. Geraldine Emberger (DG-Competition, EC) Mr. Mouhamadou Diawara (Senegal) Mr. Ghazi Jeribi (Tunisia) Mr. Silvio Meli (Malta) Mr. Ismael Malis (Argentina) ***** ANNOUNCEMENTS BY DELEGATIONS GRULAC will meet on Tuesday, 15 November 2005, at 9.00 a.m. in Room C. Group B will meet on Tuesday, 15 November 2005, at 9.15 a.m. in Room B. ***** 2 SIDE EVENTS Tuesday, 15 November 2005 6.15 p.m. Presentation of findings of an EC-funded research project on competition, consumer protection and development Room A Presentation by CRC (Manchester University) on recent research on competition regulation and development Room A ***** FORTHCOMING MEETINGS Wednesday, 16 November 2005 9.30 a.m. Plenary Hall Fifth meeting Address by H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey Item 6 Review of All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices Voluntary peer review on competition policy: Kenya (TD/RBP/CONF.6/8) Moderator: Mr. Davis Lewis, South African Competition Tribunal Introductory remarks by the UNCTAD secretariat Session I Presentation of the country Report by Mr. Edward Whitehorn (UK) Mr. George Lipimile, consultant for UNCTAD Observations by Dr. Peter Njoroge, Kenyan Monopolies and Prices Commissioner Panellists Mr. Patrick Krauskopf, Swiss Competition Commission Mr. Halil Baha Karabudak, Turkish Competition Authority Questions and answers: Successive rounds of questions by panellists and responses by Kenyan delegates Session II An interactive session on specific issues identified in the peer review report and issues on which the KPMC might seek clarification and advice from participating competition authorities. 3 Plenary Hall Session III The way forward: presentation of capacity building activities in support of the Monopolies and Prices Commission work programme; joint UNCTAD-UNDP project; followed by a discussion and summing-up of final recommendations by moderator ***** 3.00 p.m. Sixth meeting Item 6 Plenary Hall Review of All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principle and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices (a) Review of application and implementation of the Set (b) Consideration of proposals for the improvement and further development of the set, including international cooperation in the field of control of restrictive business practices Presentation of UNCTAD's main activities on capacity building and technical assistance and work programme Presentation by Mr. Chul-kyu Kang, Chairman of the KFTC Discussion and review of member countries' capacity building needs and comments on documents presented to the Conference ***** 4.30 p.m. Room B Bureau Meeting The Bureau will meet to prepare the final outcome of the Conference ***** SIDE EVENTS 6.15p.m. Consumer protection and competition issues and NGO events: CUTS research findings ***** 4 Room A BUREAU OF THE FIFTH UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE TO REVIEW ALL ASPECTS OF THE SET OF MULTILATERALLY AGREED EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES AND RULES FOR THE CONTROL OF RESTRICTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES President: Mr. Mustafa PARLAK (Turkey) Vice-Presidents: Mr. Bruno LASSERRE Mr. Ulf BÖGE Mr. Hanspeter TSCHAENI Mrs. Berenice NAPIER Ms. Melissa KEHOE Ms. Ludmila SOLONTSOVA Mr. Dan Ioan PENCU Mr. Ismael MALIS Mr. Byron Fernando LARIOS LOPEZ Ms. Mariana TAVARES DE ARAUJO Ms. Komal ANAND Mr. Syamsul MAARIF Ms. Luna ABBADI Mr. Hassan DABZAT Mr. Moudjaïdou SOUMANOU Mr. Peter NJOROGE Mr. Kening ZHANG (France) (Germany) (Switzerland) (United Kingdom) (United States of America) (Russian Federation) (Romania) (Argentina) (El Salvador) (Brazil) (India) (Indonesia) (Jordan) (Morocco) (Benin) (Kenya) (China) Mr. Rahim HUSEYNOV (Azerbaijan) RAPPORTEUR: 5 INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS Departure arrangements Please inform the Convention Centre information desk of your departure time so that the necessary transfer arrangements can be made. Spouses’ tour programme Day 2 (15.11.2005) Day 3 (16.11.2005) Perge/Aspendos tour Visit to Perge antique theatre and Aspendos antique theatre Agora tour Visit to the antique theatre and the Manavgat Falls Day 4 (18.11.2005) Antalya tour Visit to the Kurşunlu Falls, Antalya Castle, the Clock Tower, Antalya Museum and Hadrian’s Gate Day 5 (19.11.2005) Phaselis antique city tour Tour registration: Transport and guides are free. Reservations can be made directly at the information desk located near the Gloria Golf Resort Hotel reception before 4 p.m. at least one day before the tour date. (For the tour on day 1, please make reservations as soon as possible.) All tours are run with a minimum of five people. For more information, please contact Ms. Gonca Gür (tel: 0532 602 01 60) Shuttle programme Gloria Verde - Gloria Golf Gloria Golf - Gloria Verde Departure time Departure time 8:00 8:30 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:30 13:30 14:00 15:30 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 17:30 18:00 19:30 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 **** 6 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00