2011 Annual Report - The Commerce Commission

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Organizational StructureCommerce Commission of FijiCommissionersCEOAssistant to CEOSenior Research Fellow – CompetitionLaw and Head of SectionBusiness Competition- Fair Trading and Anti CompetitiveBehavior- Mergers and AcquisitionsSenior Research Fellow –Regulation & Head of SectionIndustry Regulation- Electricity, Steel, etcSenior Research Fellow – Price Control &Head of SectionPrice Control and MonitoringLegal Counsel & Head ofSectionResearch Fellow Research Fellow Research FellowPrinciple Legal OfficerSenior Prices and Incomes OfficerSenior Research Officer Senior Research Officer Senior Research OfficerSenior Legal OfficerPrices and Incomes OfficerSenior AccountantResearch Officer Research Officer Price InspectorPrice Inspector – ResearchResearch OfficerLegal OfficerAccountantHuman Resource OfficerResearch Interns Research Interns Research InternsAssistant Research OfficerAssistant Prices and Incomes InspectorClerical OfficerAccounts and Admin OfficerClerk TypistDriver/ Messenger/Tea Lady/Cleaner
1.0 FAIR TRADING DEPARTMENT1.1 Overview of the DepartmentThe Fair Trading Department (“FTD”) of the Commission is tasked with handling issues such as Rents, Unfair Trading Practices (“UTP”), RestrictiveTrade Practices (“RTP”), and other issues necessary to safeguard and protect the interests of consumers as per its obligation under the CommerceCommission Decree 2010.The Fair Trading Department comprises of four (4) staff members. The breakdown of the staff members is as follows: One Senior Research Officer; One Fair Trading Officer; and Two Research Assistants.1.2 Department Activities for 2011- CENTRAL/EASTERN DIVISIONTable 1 summarizes the number of cases received as per each provision of the Commerce Commission Decree 2010. Please note, for brevity reasons,provisions under which no cases were received have been excluded from the table below.Table 1: Cases and Relevant ProvisionsCases under each provision of the Commerce Commission Decree 2010Provisions Breached Section Number of Cases under each ProvisionContracts arrangements or understandings restricting dealings orcompetitionMisuse of market power 66 20Anti-competitive conduct 67 1Exclusive dealing 69 2Misleading and deceptive conduct 75 81Unconscionable conduct 76 99603Page10of236
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2.2 RENT SECTIONRent Section is a d
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Table 12: Summary of Steel Industry
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Table:20 Petroleum Re etail Price-2
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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