On September 26, 2019, the Government recently issued Decree 75/2019 / ND-CP stipulating the sanctions against administrative violations in the field of competition. Decree 75/2019 / ND-CP takes effect on December 1, 2019.
This Decree specifies acts considered to be violations in competition, specifically including the following acts:
1. Acts of restricting competition from enterprises in the relevant market
2. Acts of restricting competition from business enterprises operating at different stages in the same production, distribution and supply chain for a certain type of goods or service
3. Abuse of dominant market position
4. Abuse of monopoly position
5. Acts of merging enterprises are prohibited
6. Business consolidation is prohibited
7. Buying businesses is prohibited
8. Joint venture among businesses is prohibited
9. Acts of failing to notify economic concentration
10. Acts of violating law on other economic concentration
11. Acts of infringing confidential information in business
12. Acts of coercion in business
13. Providing dishonest information about other businesses
14. Acts of disrupting business activities of other enterprises
15. Acts of inducing illegal customers
16. Acts of selling goods or providing services below the whole cost
17. Acts of violating regulations on provision of information and documents
18. Acts of violating other regulations related to the process of investigation and handling of competition cases
19. Acts of agreement on restraint of competition before a decision on exemption or exemption from a competent authority
20. Acts of providing information, mobilizing, calling, forcing or organizing enterprises to perform acts of restricting competition, unfair competition
Each violation is specifically regulated by this Decree, this Decree helps businesses improve their sense of competition in the field of trade, and at the same time help businesses identify themselves to protect themselves. safeguard in the course of production business.