Legislation

• Competition Ordinance (Cap. 619) (“CO”)

Guidelines

The CA and the Competition Commission (the “Commission”) have jointly issued under the CO six sets of guidelines describing how they expect to interpret and give effect to the three competition rules, and explaining the procedures for handling complaints, conducting investigations and considering applications for exclusions and exemptions.

• Guideline on the First Conduct Rule
• Guideline on the Second Conduct Rule
• Guideline on the Merger Rule
  • Form M to the Guideline on the Merger Rule
• Guideline on Applications for a Decision under Sections 9 and 24 (Exclusions and Exemptions) and Section 15 (Block Exemption Orders)
  • Form AD to the Guideline on Applications [MS Word format]
  • Annex to Form AD [MS Word format]
  • Explanatory Note to Form AD
• Guideline on Complaints
• Guideline on Investigations