Tunisian competition law : An experience of twenty years

Gani, Walid

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mai 2012

Tunisian competition law : An experience of twenty years

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Le présent article s’intéresse à l’expérience Tunisienne en matière de droit de la concurrence. Nous présentons les pratiques anticoncurrentielles telles que définies par la loi Tunisienne relative à la concurrence. Quelques points de réflexions portant sur les défis de l’application de cette loi, sont aussi discutés.

I. Introduction 1. The Tunisian competition law is now twenty years old. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Tunisia was pioneer in enacting a competition law, namely the Law n° 64 of July 29, 1991 on competition and prices. The objective is to protect the national market against anticompetitive practices, boost competition and develop economy. The Tunisian competition law has been amended five times [1], to take into consideration the development of competition issues in the national market. The Tunisian competition law is close to the European Union (EU) standards, since about 80% of the Tunisian trade is with the EU. 2. All the economic sectors, except the regulated markets [2], are subject to the Tunisian competition law. For analyzing conducts, the Tunisian