Hong Kong competition law / Conor Quigley QC, Suzanne Rab and contributors.
2017
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Author
Title
Hong Kong competition law / Conor Quigley QC, Suzanne Rab and contributors.
Published
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017.
Call Number
KNQ3220 .Q54 2017
Former Call Number
Ch.HK 650 Q4 2017
ISBN
9781509906420 (hbk.)
1509906428 (hbk.)
1509906428 (hbk.)
Description
xxiv, 486 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)967756565
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Table of Contents
Foreword
v
Preface
vii
Table of Cases
xiii
Table of Competition Ordinance References
xvii
1.
Competition Ordinance
1
1.1.
new competition law for Hong Kong
1
1.2.
Competition Rules
10
1.3.
Undertakings and the Competition Ordinance
22
1.3.1.
Undertakings subject to the competition rules
22
1.3.2.
Statutory bodies, specified persons and activities excluded
25
1.3.3.
Undertakings providing services of general economic interest
28
1.4.
Market definition in the competition rules
30
2.
First Conduct Rule: Agreements that Harm Competition
37
2.1.
First Conduct Rule
37
2.2.
Agreements, concerted practices and decisions of undertakings
42
2.3.
Object or effect of harming competition
47
2.3.1.
Object of harming competition
47
2.3.2.
Effect of harming competition
51
2.4.
Agreements that may contravene the First Conduct Rule
54
2.4.1.
Serious anti-competitive conduct
54
2.4.2.
Joint action
59
2.4.3.
Vertical price restrictions
65
2.4.4.
Distribution agreements
69
2.4.5.
Joint venture agreements
73
2.5.
Exclusions and exemptions from the First Conduct Rule
77
2.5.1.
Exclusions and exemptions from the First Conduct Rule
77
2.5.2.
Agreements enhancing overall economic efficiency
80
2.5.3.
Block exemption orders
88
3.
Second Conduct Rule: Abuse of Substantial Market Power
90
3.1.
Second Conduct Rule
90
3.2.
Assessment of substantial market power
93
3.3.
Abuse of substantial market power
102
3.4.
Conduct that constitutes an abuse of market power
106
3.5.
Exclusions and exemptions from the Second Conduct Rule
114
4.
Merger Rule
116
4.1.
Scope of the Merger Rule
116
4.2.
Competition assessment
124
4.2.1.
Market definition
125
4.2.2.
Assessment of level of competition after a merger
129
4.2.3.
Determining whether competition is substantially lessened
135
4.2.4.
Additional relevant matters for vertical mergers
142
4.3.
Exclusion based on economic efficiencies
145
5.
Enforcement Procedures for the Competition Rules
149
5.1.
Enforcement procedures
149
5.2.
Applications for Commission decisions on exclusions and exemptions and block exemption order from the Conduct Rules
151
5.2.1.
Applications for a decision on exclusion or exemption
154
5.2.2.
Applications for block exemption order
159
5.3.
Complaints to the Competition Commission
165
5.4.
Investigations by the Competition Commission
169
5.4.1.
Initial assessment phase
169
5.4.2.
Investigation phase
171
5.4.3.
Confidentiality and disclosure
180
5.4.4.
Outcomes of the Investigation Phase
184
5.5.
Leniency
190
5.6.
Procedures and enforcement in merger cases
197
5.7.
Proceedings before the Competition Tribunal
203
5.8.
Appeals from the Competition Tribunal
210
5.9.
Follow-on actions
212
6.
Telco Rule: the prohibition on exploitative conduct by a dominant telecommunications licensee
215
6.1.
Telco Rule
215
6.2.
Market definition
218
6.3.
Dominant position
220
6.4.
Exploitative conduct
222
6.5.
Enforcement of the Telco Rule
227
7.
Competition and Hong Kong's major economic sectors
235
7.1.
Construction
235
7.1.1.
Features of Hong Kong's construction sector
236
7.1.2.
Competition in the construction sector
239
7.1.3.
Cartels in the construction sector
242
7.1.4.
Bid-rigging
244
7.2.
Energy
247
7.2.1.
Electricity
249
7.2.2.
Gas
259
7.3.
Financial services
261
7.3.1.
Competition law and the financial sector
262
7.3.2.
financial sector in Hong Kong
269
7.3.3.
Competition law investigations in the financial sector in Hong Kong
272
7.3.4.
Financial sector focus for the future
275
7.4.
Retail
7.4.1.
Horizontal cooperation
279
7.4.2.
Distribution routes to market
285
7.4.3.
Vertical restrictions
288
7.4.4.
Undertakings with substantial market power
293
7.5.
Telecommunications and broadcasting
295
7.5.1.
Development of telecommunications and broadcasting competition and regulatory framework
295
7.5.2.
Change from sector specific competition law regulation to the new general competition law regime
298
7.5.3.
Horizontal and vertical multi-party conduct cases
302
7.5.4.
Abuse of dominance (telecommunications)
304
7.5.5.
Abuse of dominance (broadcasting)
307
7.5.6.
Merger cases (telecommunications only)
310
7.6.
Transport
312
7.6.1.
Shipping
313
7.6.2.
Aviation
323
7.6.3.
Public rail and road transport
331
8.
Comparative Competition Law: China, Japan and South Korea
336
8.1.
Competition law in China and Hong Kong
336
8.1.1.
Social and economic drivers in Hong Kong
337
8.1.2.
Social and economic drivers in China
341
8.1.3.
Development of competition law in Hong Kong and China
344
8.1.4.
Implications for Chinese companies of Hong Kong competition law
348
8.2.
Competition law in Japan
351
8.3.
Competition law in South Korea
357
Appendix: The Competition Ordinance
367
Index
479