PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS Thursday, 17 November 2005 10.00 a.m. Seventh 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 synthesis of recent cartel investigations that are publicly available (TD/RBP/CONF.6/4) Panel V "Techniques for gathering evidence on cartels" Introductory remarks by the UNCTAD secretariat Presentations by panellists Mr. Frédérick Jenny (ESSEC, France) Ms. Mariana Tavares (Brazil) Mrs. Anne Purcell (United States) Mr. Simon Evenett (University of St. Gallen) Ms. Celina Escolan (El Salvador) Discussion 11.30 a.m. Item 6 Review of All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principle and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business the 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 Review of application and proposals for improvement of the set (cont'd) ***** TD/RBP/CONF.6/PROG.4 GE.05-71046 Plenary Hall Followed by (time permitting): General statements ***** 2.15 p.m. Credentials Committee 3.00 p.m. Eighth meeting Room C ***** Item 6 Plenary Hall Review of All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principle and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business the Practices Panel VI "Applications of competition law and policy to the informal sector" Introduction by the secretariat Presentations by Panellists Mr. Santiago Roca (Peru) Mr. Alexander Kububa (Zimbabwe) Mr. Burak Büyükkuşoğlu (Turkey) Mr. Amadou Dieng (UEMOA) Mr. Khelifa Tounakti (Tunisia) Mr. Adolphe Coulibaly (Burkina Faso) Discussion 4.30 p.m. Item 6 Review of All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principle and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business the 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 Review of future work programme and outcome of the Conference (cont’d) **** Followed by Signature of a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Fair Trade Commission of the Republic of Korea and the Competition Authority of the Republic of Turkey in the plenary hall ***** 2 SIDE EVENTS UNCTAD distance learning training on competition policy: Hands-on session ***** 6.15 p.m. Room A ANNOUNCEMENTS BY DELEGATIONS Group B will meet on Thursday, 7 November 2005, at 9.00 a.m. and 6.15 p.m. in Room B. ***** FORTHCOMING MEETINGS Friday, 18 November 2005 10.00 a.m. Ninth meeting Plenary Hall Business Forum on Competition Law Policy: "Creation of an ınternational enabling environment for enhancing the productive capacity of developing countries and improving their ability to compete on regional and global markets" Discussants Mr. Rıfat Hisarcıklıoğlu (Turkey) Mr. Chul-kyu Kang (Republic of Korea) Mr. Kemel Erol (Turkey) Ms. Geraldine Emberger (DG Competition, EC) Mr. David Geddes (Jamaica) Mr. Sok Siphana (ITC) Mr. Khelifa Tounakti (Tunisia) Mr. Eşref Biryıldız (Turkey) Mr. Paul Conway (OECD) Mr. Douglas Reissner (Namibia) Mr. Mark Williams (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Mr. Ragib Guliyev (Technical University of Azerbaijan) Mr. Erdal Eren (Turkey) Mr. Julian Oram (ActionAid) Discussion ***** 3.00 p.m. Closing Plenary meeting Plenary Hall Item 5(b) Report of the Credentials Committee Item 6 Review of All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principle and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business the Practices Adoption of draft resolution Item 7 Other business Item 8 Adoption of the report of the Conference ***** 3 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: 4 INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS Requests for meeting rooms All requests for meeting rooms must be addressed to the Secretary of the Conference for coordination purposes. 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 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 Golf - Gloria Verde Gloria Verde - Gloria Golf 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 **** 5 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00