a tripartite report - Unctad
a tripartite report - Unctad a tripartite report - Unctad
TANZANIA TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................. 30 PREFACE ................................................................................................................................... 33 1.0 GENERAL FRAMEWORK ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT .................. 33 1.1 Political Context ........................................................................................................................................................33 1.2 Economic Context ....................................................................................................................................................35 1.3 Foundations and History of Competition Policy ..............................................................................................37 1.4 Economic Goals of Competition Policy ..............................................................................................................39 1.5 Process of Competition Law Drafting .................................................................................................................40 2.0 THE SCOPE AND APPLICATION OF COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY .............. 41 2.1 Objectives of the TanzanianCompetition Law ...................................................................................................41 2.2 Scope of application of the law ............................................................................................................................ 41 2.3 Elements of the United Republic of Tanzania’s Competition Law ................................................................46 2.4 Procedural Issues .....................................................................................................................................................56 2.5 Sanctions ...................................................................................................................................................................59 2.6 Statutory Limitations ...............................................................................................................................................62 2.7 Enforcement record.................................................................................................................................................62 3.0 ANTI-COUNTERFEITING UNDER THE MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT ........................ 63 3.1 Counterfeits and Competition .............................................................................................................................. 64 3.2 Counterfeits and Consumers ................................................................................................................................ 65 3.3 Other Pertinent Issues on Counterfeits ..............................................................................................................65 3.4 Organization and Responsiveness....................................................................................................................... 66 4.0 THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................ 67 4.1 The Fair Competition Commission ...................................................................................................................... 67 ............................................................................................................................ 68 4.3 Agency Resources and Performance ..............................................................................................................................................................70 4.4 The Fair Competition Tribunal (FCT) .................................................................................................................... 73 4.5 National Consumer Advocacy Council ...............................................................................................................75 4.6 The Minister ...............................................................................................................................................................76 5.0 COMPETITION ADVOCACY ........................................................................................... 76 5.1 Competition advocacy and the policy/legislation making process ............................................................77 5.2 Competition advocacy and the private sector .................................................................................................77 5.3 Advocacy and the regulators ................................................................................................................................ 78 5.4 Research and competition advocacy ..................................................................................................................79 6.0 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ............................ 79 6.1 International Cooperation ..................................................................................................................................... 79 6.2 Technical Assistance ................................................................................................................................................80 6.3 Areas requiring urgent technical assistance ......................................................................................................81 6.4 Other supportive areas for technical assistance ..............................................................................................81 7.0 FINDINGS AND POSSIBLE POLICY OPTIONS .............................................................. 82 29 TANZANIA
30 VOLUNTARY PEER REVIEW OF CLP: A TRIPARTITE REPORT ON THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA – ZAMBIA – ZIMBABWE ACRONYMS CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi CD&MA) Capital Development and Market’s Authority CMB Crop Marketing Board COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa EAC East African Community ESRF Economic and Social Research Foundation ERP Economic Reform Programme EWURA Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority FCA Fair Competition Act, 2003 FCC Fair Competition Commission FCCPR Fair Competition Commission Procedure Rules, 2010 FCT Fair Competition Tribunal ICT Information and Communication Technology IPC Investment Promotion Centre MMA Merchandise Marks Act of 1963 MMR Merchandise Marks Regulations of 2008 NIPPA National Investment Promotion and Protection Act NMC National Milling Company NPC National Price Commission NTP National Trade Policy PIP Project Implementation Plan PPSRC Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission PSDS Private Sector Development Strategy RTC Regional Trading Company SADC Southern Africa Development Community SAP Structural Adjustment Programme SIDP Sustainable Industrial Development Plan SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprise SOE State-Owned Enterprise SUMATRA Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority TANU Tanzania African National Union TCAS Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society TCIA Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority TCRA Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
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30 VOLUNTARY PEER REVIEW OF CLP: A TRIPARTITE REPORT ON THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA – ZAMBIA – ZIMBABWE<br />
ACRONYMS<br />
CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi<br />
CD&MA) Capital Development and Market’s Authority<br />
CMB Crop Marketing Board<br />
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa<br />
EAC East African Community<br />
ESRF Economic and Social Research Foundation<br />
ERP Economic Reform Programme<br />
EWURA Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority<br />
FCA Fair Competition Act, 2003<br />
FCC Fair Competition Commission<br />
FCCPR Fair Competition Commission Procedure Rules, 2010<br />
FCT Fair Competition Tribunal<br />
ICT Information and Communication Technology<br />
IPC Investment Promotion Centre<br />
MMA Merchandise Marks Act of 1963<br />
MMR Merchandise Marks Regulations of 2008<br />
NIPPA National Investment Promotion and Protection Act<br />
NMC National Milling Company<br />
NPC National Price Commission<br />
NTP National Trade Policy<br />
PIP Project Implementation Plan<br />
PPSRC Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission<br />
PSDS Private Sector Development Strategy<br />
RTC Regional Trading Company<br />
SADC Southern Africa Development Community<br />
SAP Structural Adjustment Programme<br />
SIDP Sustainable Industrial Development Plan<br />
SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprise<br />
SOE State-Owned Enterprise<br />
SUMATRA Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority<br />
TANU Tanzania African National Union<br />
TCAS Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society<br />
TCIA Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority<br />
TCRA Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
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