The National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) was founded in November 1992 through Executive Order 25868. Its function is to promote the market and protect the rights of consumers. It also encourages in the Peruvian economy a culture of fair and honest competition, holding harmless all forms of intellectual property — from trademarks and author’s copyright to patents and biotechnology. Indecopi is a specialized public agency attached to the Office of the Prime Minister, with independent legal status of internal public law. As such, it enjoys functional, technical, economic, budgetary and administrative autonomy (Executive Order 1033). As a result of its work in promoting the standards of fair and honest competition among the agents of the Peruvian economy, Indecopi is perceived today as a service institution with a strong concern in fostering a culture of equality in order to achieve full satisfaction among its customers — citizens, entrepreneurs and the State.
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Indecopi publishes its Dawn Raids Guidelines, to establish the scope of these investigation actions that allow the detection of anticompetitive conducts* The Guidelines describe the main characteristics of dawn raids carried out during investigations in competition matters. Its publication (...)
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Indecopi publishes informational guidance on the importance of respecting competition in labor markets* These Guidelines are aimed at companies, employers and human resources professionals and are intended to inform them about the risks of implementing anti-competitive agreements affecting (...)
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The Supreme Court of Justice confirmed the sanction imposed by Indecopi to the Medical Oxygen Cartel* The Permanent Constitutional and Social Law Chamber of the Supreme Court has declared unfounded the cassation appeals filed by the companies Messer Gases del Perú S.A., Linde Gas Perú S.A. (...)
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Indecopi publishes its "Guidelines on Competition Compliance Programs” which seeks to prevent the risks of engaging in anticompetitive behavior* The Commission for the Defense of Free Competition (CLC) introduced its “Guidelines on Competition Compliance Programs” (https://bit.ly/2MdDfqO) to (...)
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Indecopi authorizes the acquisition of Luz del Sur, as long as the Company supplies energy through competitive and transparent tenders or competitive bids that protect competition and consumer´s interest* The Commission for the Defense of Free Competition of Indecopi (CLC) decided to approve (...)
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Indecopi has initiated an administrative sanctioning proceeding against 35 construction companies and 28 of their executives for an alleged liability of participating in bid rigging in 112 public tenders nationwide in the construction sector* The 112 tenders were convened by the Ministry of (...)
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INDECOPI WILL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER THE PREMERGER REVIEW SYSTEM* Today the Executive Branch has published Urgent Decree 013-2019 which approves the Act for premerger review, introducing for the first time in Peru a premerger review system of corporate concentration transactions which will (...)
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THE INDECOPI PRE-PUBLICATES THE DRAFT OF GUIDELINES FOR DAWN RAIDS, WHICH SEEKS TO GUIDE THE SCOPE OF THESE INVESTIGATIVE ACTIONS TO DETECT ANTICOMPETITIVE BEHAVIORS* Indecopi, through the Technical Secretariat of the Free Competition Commission, pre-published for comments the project (...)
