Traduction de «Pratiques commerciales anti-concurrentielles » (Français → Anglais) :

anti-competitive business practices

to combat anti-competitive practices which are liable to fragment the market again

An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication [ Canada’s Anti-spam Law ]

Before discussing the means by which the bill proposes to achieve these commendable goals, I feel it should be brought to the attention of my colleagues that provisions addressing both of these potentially anti-competitive behaviours are already embodied in the Competition Act and are vigorously enforced by the Competition Bureau.

Points out that any serious analysis of UTPs must take as its starting point the new economic paradigm that has emerged over the last few years: large-scale retail in which access to sales outlets has become the subject of fierce competition under the control of the supermarkets; points out that some competition authorities have identified specific practices involving the transfer of excessive risk to suppliers which could render them less competitive; points out that those authorities have also concluded that own brands bring in an element of horizontal competition vis-à-vis industry brands that has not been given sufficient considera ...[+++]tion.

So we have decided in Canada that the Competition Bureau and the Commissioner of Competition protect consumers and competitors and competition from behaviour in the market that is anti-competitive.

Points out that while private, own-brand labelled products can bring increased value, choice and ‘fair trade’ products to consumers, they also represent a strategic issue in the medium- and long-term, as they introduce a horizontal dimension to competition in respect of industrial brands that had never previously been a factor and that can give an unfair and anti-competitive position to retailers, who become both customer and competitor; draws attention to the existence of a ‘risk threshold’ beyond which the market penetration of own brands in a given category of product could turn the current positive effects of own brands into negativ ...[+++]e effects, and provide a disincentive as regards the innovative efforts of many companies; insists, therefore, that the issue of private own-brands requires particular attention from the Commission and competition authorities, specifically with regard to the need to assess the potential long-term consequences for the supply chain and the position of farmers within it, while bearing in mind that consumer habits in Member States vary.