Comments on: Merging competition authorities and sector regulators; a good idea? http://chillingcompetition.com/2012/10/18/merging-competition-authorities-and-sector-regulators-a-good-idea/ Relaxing whilst doing Competition Law is not an Oxymoron Fri, 17 May 2013 16:46:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Martin Holterman http://chillingcompetition.com/2012/10/18/merging-competition-authorities-and-sector-regulators-a-good-idea/#comment-16612 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:26:57 +0000 http://chillingcompetition.com/?p=5395#comment-16612 Another good precedent is the ACCC, the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission, although I don’t know much about how they work.

In the Netherlands, the NMa is still organised into a competition authority and several regulatory “chambers”, so in practice the merger hasn’t changed much. The only difference is that the regulators now have the procedural powers of the competition authority.

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