Competition Law Guides and Guidelines

Compliance and Enforcement Policy

Professions and the Competition and Consumer Act

Small Business and the Competition and Consumer Act

Legislation overview

Refusal to deal

Merger Guidelines (21 November 2008)

Informal Merger Review Process Guidelines (26 September 2013)

Formal merger review process guidelines 2008 (30 June 2008)

Media Mergers (31 October 2017) (replace 2006 Guidelines)

Merger authorisation guidelines (October 2018)

Cartels: ACCC information page

Price fixing: ACCC information page

Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (updated 9 September 2014)

ACCC immunity and cooperation policy for cartel conduct (3 February 2012)
Includes policy and interpretation guidelines

ACCC Concerted Practices Guidelines (31 August 2018)

Cartel conduct - how it affects you and your business

Cartels: What you need to know: A guide for business

Cartels: deterrence and detection - a guide for government procurement officers

Authorising and notifying cartel conduct

Collective bargaining and boycotts - ACCC information page

Refusal to deal

ACCC Misuse of Market Power Guidelines (31 August 2018)

Misuse of market power - ACCC information page

Refusal to deal

Guide to exclusive dealing notifications

Guide to exclusive dealing notifications and excluding information from the public register

Exclusive Dealing Notification Process - The Basics

Refusal to deal

Imposing minimum resale prices - ACCC information page

Refusal to deal

Part IIIA Access Undertaking Guidelines (August 2016)

Guideline for Part XIC Declaration Provisions for Telecommunications Services (August 2016)

National access regime under Part IIIA - ACCC information page (includes guidelines)

Collective bargaining notifications - a summary

Can growers collectively bargain?

Repeal of subsection 51(3) - Draft Guidelines for public consultation (June 2019)

Authorising and notifying cartel conduct

Guidelines for excluding information from the public register for authorisation and notification processes

Authorisation

Authorisation guidelines (August 2018)

Merger authorisation guidelines (October 2018)

Authorisation process - the basics

Authorising and notifying cartel conduct

Streamlined collective bargaining for small business: more timely decisions/greater certainty of outcomes

Notifications

Guide to Collective Bargaining Notifications (2011)

• Collective bargaining notifications - a summary

Guide to exclusive dealing notifications

Guide to exclusive dealing notifications and excluding information from the public register (

Exclusive dealing notification process - the basics

Authorising and notifying cartel conduct

ACCC intervention in private proceedings

Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (updated 10 September 2014)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Regarding Serious Cartel Conduct (July 2009)

ACCC immunity and cooperation policy for cartel conduct (10 September 2014)
Includes policy and interpretation guidelines

Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
See Annexure B - Immunity from Prosecution in Serious Cartel Offences (updated 10 September 2014)

Small business and the Competition and Consumer Act (2012)

Implementing a compliance program - ACCC information page

Small business education program

Compliance and enforcement policy (ACCC)

ACCC Guidelines - Use of s 155 Power (ACCC 24 October 2018 - updated June 2019)
(replace Guidelines of 7 September 2016)

Compliance and enforcement policy (ACCC)

Application of the Trade Practices Act to intellectual property: background paper (31 July 1991)
ACCC notes that the 'paper is outdated and is provided for research purposes only'

Export agreements and the Competition and Consumer Act (2 May 2011)

Guidance on the Commission's Enforcement Priorities in Applying Article 82 EC Treaty to Abusive Exclusionary Conduct by Dominant Undertakings
Published on 3 December 2008

Guidelines on the assessment of horizontal mergers (2004)

Horizontal Merger Guidelines (August 2010 from DOJ site)

Horizontal Merger Guidelines (August 2010, PDF from FTC site)

New Zealand

Cartel leniency policy

Mergers and acquisitions guidelines