The National Commission for Competition Defense (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia, CNDC) is the chief competition regulatory agency in Argentina. The CNDC operates within the Ministry of Productive Development and is tasked with curbing anti-competitive behaviour in the Argentinian economy.
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The CNDC implements Remote Procedures – TAD in investigation procedures for anti-competitive conduct* The CNDC extends the use of the platform for the remote management of anti-competitive conduct procedures, which is already used in notifications of economic concentration operations and (...)
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The CNDC ruled in the proceedings on alleged collusive practices in public works tenders* After a five-year investigation, the National Commission for the Defense of Competition recommended that the Secretary of Commerce archive the file initiated ex officio in 2018 for alleged (...)
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The CNDC establishes the criteria for inclusion in the PROSUM* The provision determines the eligibility criteria so that a concentration operation can be processed under the "summary procedure", as provided for in Resolution 905/2023 of the Ministry of Commerce. On August 28, Provision (...)
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The Court of Appeals confirmed the extension of the precautionary measure in the “WhatsApp” case until the end of the investigation* The Federal Civil and Commercial Appeals Chamber confirmed the temporary extension of the advance protection measure recommended by the National Commission for (...)
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Deconcentration advances in the liquid oxygen market | Operation Linde/Praxair* The companies complied with the CNDC requirement for the designation of a Selling and Monitoring Agent to guarantee the deconcentration process. On July 3, the National Commission for the Defense of Competition (...)
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Market research | Medical oxygen* The CNDC found that the medical oxygen market in Argentina is highly concentrated and recommends that sector regulators adopt pro-competitive measures that allow the incorporation of new producers of oxygen, a vital gas for the health sector. The National (...)
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The new regulations for the notification of economic concentration operations came into force* The main innovation of the regulation will be the implementation of the summary procedure, which will be applicable to concentration operations that are less likely to generate a negative impact on (...)
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Deconcentration in the liquid oxygen market - Operation Linde / Praxair* Under the recommendation of the CNDC, the Ministry of Commerce imposed conditions on the merger between Linde and Praxair, which mainly consist of the deconcentration of the liquid oxygen market, facilitating the entry (...)
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Market research | beef* The National Commission for the Defense of Competition (CNDC) carried out a market investigation into the conditions of competition in the beef market The Market Research Directorate of the National Competition Promotion Directorate of the CNDC concluded that the (...)
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Justice confirms a fine of 150 million pesos against Quilmes and ratifies the measures recommended by the CNDC* The Federal Court of Appeals in Federal Civil and Commercial Matters, by dismissing the appeal of Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes, ratified all the measures aimed at reestablishing (...)
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Sanction to Cervecería and Maltería Quilmes for failing to comply with corrective measures recommended by the CNDC* The Ministry of Commerce, at the request of the CNDC, imposed a fine on Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes (CMQ) that amounts to 2,396,603 mobile units —approximately AR$ (...)
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Sanction on Telecom and Artear for abusing their dominant position in the pay television market* The Telecom company imposed discriminatory sales conditions on another pay television operator for the Canal 13 and TN signals, both of the Artear company and belonging to the same economic (...)
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Deconcentration in the sunflower seed market – Operation Syngenta / Nidera* The National Commission for the Defense of Competition accepted the deconcentration commitment proposed within the framework of the Syngenta / Nidera operation The National Commission for the Defense of Competition (...)
