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The 17th East Asia Top Level Officials Meeting on Competition Policy and the 14th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy

The 17th East Asia Top Level Officials' Meeting on Competition Policy and the 14th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy

September 27, 2022
Japan Fair Trade Commission


 The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), together with the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), will co-host the 17th East Asia Top Level Officials' Meeting on Competition Policy and the 14th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy.
 The East Asia Top Level Officials' Meeting on Competition Policy has been held aiming at strengthening the cooperative relationship among competition authorities through candid exchange of views and information with attendance of the top-level officials from those authorities. Fourteen authorities in the region in total will participate in the Meeting this year.
 The East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy is a conference open to public for the main purpose of developing common understanding on importance of competition law and policy in the East Asia region through presentation and discussion among participants, from academia, the legal field, etc. in addition to authorities above.

1. Date:
(1) The 17th East Asia Top Level Officials' Meeting on Competition Policy
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
(2) The 14th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy
Thursday, September 29, 2022

2. Agenda:
(1) The 17th East Asia Top Level Officials' Meeting on Competition Policy

  1. Recent Developments and Trends in National Competition Law and Policy- The Role of Competition Authorities in Responding to Economic Shocks
  2. Competition Policy and East Asian Regional Integration
  3. Competition and Public Procurement
  4. Mergers involving Nascent Competition

(2)The 14th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy

  1. The Effect of Sustainability Regulations on Competition Policy
  2. The Interface Between Competition Policy and Privacy Laws

East Asia Top Level Officials' Meetings and East Asia Conferences in the past
Time Location Meeting Conference
March 2004 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) - 1st Conference
May 2005 Indonesia (Bogor) 1st Meeting 2nd Conference
June 2006 Thailand (Bangkok) 2nd Meeting 3rd Conference
May 2007 Vietnam (Hanoi) 3rd Meeting 4th Conference
April 2008 Japan (Kyoto) 4th Meeting -
June 2009 Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) 5th Meeting 5th Conference
September 2010 Korea (Seoul) 6th Meeting -
September 2011 Singapore (Singapore) 7th Meeting 6th Conference
May 2012 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) 8th Meeting 7th Conference
August 2013 Philippines(Manila) 9th Meeting 8th Conference
October 2014 Japan (Tokyo) 10th Meeting -
August 2015 Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh) 11th Meeting 9th Conference
September 2016 Korea (Seoul) 12th Meeting -
September 2017 Indonesia (Bali) 13th Meeting 10th Conference
August 2018 Australia (Sydney) 14th Meeting 11th Conference
July 2019 Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) 15th Meeting 12th Conference
September 2021 Singapore (Online) 16th Meeting 13th Conference

*It should be noted that this announcement is a tentative translation.

Please refer to the original text written in Japanese for more details.