Competition (antimonopoly) law of the Republic of Kazakhstan: legislative changes, conflicts, practice

Programme

General provisions on competition (antimonopoly) law and the competition legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Basic concepts: «competition», «product markets», «dominant position», «monopoly position». The relationship between the concepts of «market volume», «product boundaries of the market», «geographical boundaries of the product market» and «temporal boundaries of the product market»
• Subjects of competition law. Group of persons. The antimonopoly authority and the state body carrying out cross-sectoral and cross-regional coordination of the development of the main directions of state socio-economic policy. Interaction of the antimonopoly authority with regulatory and law enforcement bodies and the antimonopoly authorities of other states
• Sources of competition law of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Antimonopoly legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

State regulation in the field of competition

• State participation in entrepreneurial activity
• Grounds for state participation in entrepreneurial activity
• State monopoly
• The register of entities holding a dominant or monopoly position: forming the register, consequences of inclusion in the register

Types of violations of the competition legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Anticompetitive agreements. Types of anticompetitive agreements. Elements of the administrative offence of entering into anticompetitive agreements
• Abuse of dominant position: concept, types and elements of the administrative offence
• Anticompetitive actions and agreements of state bodies and local executive bodies: types of anticompetitive actions, elements of the administrative offence
• Unfair competition: forms and elements of the administrative offence

Protection of competition

• Prevention of violations of the antimonopoly legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• State control over economic concentration
• Detection of violations of the antimonopoly legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Suppression of violations of the antimonopoly legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and review of orders of the antimonopoly authority

Liability for violation of the antimonopoly legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Administrative coercive measures applied in competition (antimonopoly) legislation
• Criminal liability for monopolistic activity
• Civil liability for monopolistic activity

Particular aspects of applying the competition legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Scope of application of competition (antimonopoly) legislation to subsoil users
• Types of monopolistic activity
• Unfair competition
• Issues of applying competition rules
• Legal risks of subsoil users in purchasing goods, works and services when conducting subsoil use operations in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Legal risks of natural monopoly entities in purchasing goods, works and services in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Liability of subsoil users for violation of the antimonopoly legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Practical part: review of court practice, case studies, quick quiz, questions and answers, etc.