CONTENTS

Foreword
Andreas MUNDT
Acknowledgements
Dave ANDERSON
The ICN at Twenty. Origins, Accomplishments and Aspirations: An Introduction
Paul LUGARD
1.Introduction
2.ICN Work Products
3.Implementation of ICN Work Products
4.Procedural Fairness
5.Digitalization
6.Inclusion, Diversity and Legitimacy
A Century with the ICN
Maria COPPOLA, Elizabeth KRAUS, Cynthia LAGDAMEO, Paul
O'BRIEN, and Randolph TRITELL
1.The ICN'S Inclusive Growth
2.ICN Innovations Leading to Convergence and a Community of Com mon Cause
2.1.Innovative Institutional Design
2.2.Innovative Working Methods
2.3.Innovative outputs
3.The ICN'S Commitment to Implementation
3.1.The chailenge ofmeasurement
3.2.Implementation takes root
3.3.Institutionalizing implementation
3.4.Implementation success in a non-binding context
3.5.Future ofimplementation
4.The Evolution of ICN Work Product
4.1.Trend 1: from fundamentais to fuil range
4.2.Trend 2: a focus on purpose
4.3.Trend 3: font of creativity
5.Evolution ofthe ICN into a Global Advocate for Competition
6.Conclusion
2010~2020 Achievements of the ICN Working Groups
Graeme JARVIE and Michele PACILLO
1.Introduction
2.Advocacy Working Group
2.1.Competition assessment
2.2.Market studies
2.3.Explaining the beneflts ofcompetition
2.4.Advocacy strategies
2.5.Digitalisation
2.6.ICN / World Bank Advocacy Contest
2.7.Workshops and teleseminars
3.Agency Effectiveness Working Group
3.1.Competition Agency Practice Manual
3.2.Investigative process
3.3.The role ofeconomics in competition analysis
3.4.Digitalisation, innovation and agency effectiveness post Covid-19
3.5.ICN Training on Demand (ITOD)
3.6.Workshops and teleseminars
3.7.Summary.
4.Cartel Working Group
4.1.Anti-Cartel Enforcement Manual
4.2.Leniencywork
4.3.International cooperation work
4.4.Big data and cartels
4.5.Workshops and webinar series
5.Merger Working Group
5.I.International cooperation work
5.2.Merger remedies work
5.3.Update ofrecommended practices
5.4.Non-horizontal mergers and economic analysis
5.5.Workshops and teleseminars
6.Unilateral Conduct Working Group
6.1.Recommended practices on predatory pricing analysis
6.2.Unilateral Conduct Workbook
6.3.Workshops and webinars
6.4.Vertical restraint project
6.5.Assessing dominance in digital era project
6.6.Outreach
The Role of the ICN in the Evolution of the Israel Competition Authority Michal HALPERÍN and Shira GILLAT
1.Intrduction
2.How the ICA Became What It Is Today
3.An International Point of View
4.ICA'S Co-operation with Competition Agencies Worldwide
S.The ICN: A Dual Platform for Learning and Teaching
The Impact of the ICN on the ACCC
Rod SIMs and Marcus BEzzI
1.Introduction
2.Influence on ACCC Cartel Enforcement
3.Influence on ACCC Merger Enforcement
4.Market Studies
5.Enhanced Relationships
6.Improved International Practices
7.Promoting Convergence and the ICN's Work on Vertical Restraints
8.Work with ASEAN Jurisdictions
9.Competition Agency Procedures
10.Conclusion
20 Years of South Africa's Partnership with the ICN
Tembinkosi BONAKELE
1.Introduction
2.South Africa's Participation in the ICN since Its Founding
2.1.The beginnings
2.2.Our participation
2.3.Internal structures
3.Extent to Which South Africa Makes Use of ICN Materiais
3.1.Learningbydoing
3.2.Network effects
4.Areas for Development within the ICN
4.1.Broadening country participation
4.2.Broadening gender participation
4.3.Broadening the subject matter
4.4.Voice in the global dialogue
5.Conclusion
Linked-In: Antitrust and the Virtues of a Virtual Network - Looking Back and Forward
Eleanor M. Fox
1.Introduction
2.Antitrust, the World, and the Stalled Possibility of a Global System
3.The Risc of the Network
3.1.The birth of the ICN
3.2. The functioning and evolution of the ICN
4.Assessment: Effectiveness, Legitimacy, Sufficiency
4.1.Effectiveness: is the ICN effective?
4.2.Legitimacy: is the ICN legitimate?
4.3.Sufliciency: is the ICN sufficient?
4.4.Does the ICN have power?
5.Conclusion
The Regionalisation of Competition Law. A Future Role for the International Competition Network (ICN)?
Eyad Maher M. DABBAH
1.Introduction
2.An Overview of Regional Cooperation
3.The Difficulties Surrounding Regional Cooperation
4The Middle East
4.1.Geographical delineation
4.2.Notable developments
5.Particular Aspects of Regional Cooperation Deserving Attention
5.1.Lack of clear direction
5.2.Harmonisation
5.3.Division in competence
5.4.Sub-regional cooperation
5.5.Overlap in membership
6.The Role of the ICN
6.1.Suitability
6.2.Characteristics and operation
6.3.Strengths with shortcomings
7.Concluding Thoughts
Rethinking Advocacy
AIlan FELs
1.Introduction
2.Traditional Advocacy Approach
2.1. Competition advocacy to build competition culture
2.2.Competition Advocacy to Influence Government
3.LimitationS of the Traditional Advocacy Approach
3.1.The Magnitude of the Political Chailenge is Greater than that recognised under the Traditional Advocacy Approach
3.2.Some Political Drivers for Competition Reform
3.3.Implications for Competition Advocacy
3.4.Impact oflnstitutional Arrangements on the Type and
Effectiveness of Competition Advocacy
4.Beyond Traditional Advocacy: A Policy Approach
4.1.Australia's National Competition Policy
5.Beyond Traditional Advocacy: An Incremental Approach
5.1.Set the Scene for Reform
5.2.Some Further General Observations
6.Conclusion
Antitrust Compliance - Encouraging Corporate Compliance Efforts
Anne RILEY
1.Introduction
2. Attitude of Antitrust Agencies to Compliance Efforts - lhe Early Years
3.Further Work by the ICN on Compliance
4. What Have Companies Been Doing to Encourage Antitrust Compliance?
5.Is Antitrust the "Poor Relation" in the Compliance World?
6. The Winds ofChange - lhe Department of Justice Antitrust Division's New Approach to Corporate Compliance Programmes
7. A Way Forward in Terms of Recognising Antitrust Compliance Efforts?
8.Conclusjons
The Devi] is in the Enforcement: Polish Merger Procedure in the Light of the ICN Guiding Principies and Best Practices
Mateusz BLACHUCKI
1.Introduction
2.ICN Guidelines on Merger Procedure
3.Merger Control in Poland - Overview of the System
4.Polish Merger Procedure - Key Solutions
4.1.Transparency of the merger proceedings
4.2.Deadline for notification
4.3.Pre-notification phase
4.4.Party to the merger proceedings
4.5.Public interest intervention
4.6.Initiation of merger proceedings
4.7.Statutory duration of merger proceedings
4.8.Evidence in merger proceedings
4.9.Access to files and information rights
4.10.Protection ofbusiness secrets
4.11.Remedies
4.12.Decision-making process - overview
5.Compatibility with and Discrepancies Between the ICN
Recommendations and the Polish Regulation
6.ICN Dilemma - How To Make the Recommendations Effective
7.Conclusions
ICN Due Process Initiatives over the Decades and the CAP's Promise of Accountability
James F. RILL and Jana I. SEM
1.Principal ICN Due Process Undertakings to Date
2. Learning from the Work of Other Organizations During the ICN's SecondDecade
3.The ICN's Third Decade Spent Fostering the CAP ad Leading It to Harness Its Future Potential
4.Conclusion
ICN Framework for Competition Agency Procedures (ICN CAP)
Eddy DE SMIJTER and Filip KUBÍK
1.ICN CAP Origins and the Wider Context
1.1.The ICN and its previous work in the fieid ofprocedural Fairness
1.2.The OECD's work in the fieid ofprocedural fairness
1.3.The 2018 MFP initiative and its embedding within the ICN
1.4.The ICN CAP
2.Membership and Institutional Set-up
2.1.A wide-reaching membership
2.2.A light and flexible institutional set-up
3.The Principies
4.Transparency and Review
5.Cooperation Process: Dialogue between ICN CAP participants
6.Assessment of the ICN CAP
The Second Decade of ICN in Brazil: An overview and perspectives for Latin America
Paulo BURNIER DA SILVEIRA
1.Introduction
2.ICN Activities in Support of Competition Enforcement in Brazil
2.1.Reform of the merger control system
2.2. Reform of the framework for cartel settlements
3.The Brazilian Efforts in Support of ICN Activities
3.1.Active role in management positions
3.2.Active role in hosting ICN events
4.The Future Perspectives for ICN in Latin America
5.References
Engaging Economists in the ICN: Uniting under a Common Language
Martin MANDORFF
1.Introduction
2.How Economists can Contribute to the ICN
3.How Economists can Benefit from Participating in the ICN
4.Conclusion: lhe Road Ahead
The ICN at 20 - Looking ahead
Margarida MATOS ROSA
1.Origins and Key Aspects of the ICN
2.What the Future Could Bring
2.1. Enlargement and the implications of a global network
2.2. Implementation - extracting value from the ICN
2.3.Institutional engagement and positioning
2.4.Embedding competition in other policies
3.Final Words
The ICN's Role in Transforming Cartel Enforcement
Neil CAMPBELL and Guy PINSONNAULT
1.Proliferation
2.Agency Effectiveness
3.Connectivity
4.Cooperation
S.The Leniency Program Consensus
6.Concluding Observations
Who is Global if Not the ICN? ICN Milestones and the Future of the Agencies Network
Andreas MUNDT
1.Intro
2.Five Milestones
2.1.lst milestone: How it ali started
2.2. 2nd milestone: lhe first ICN Recommended Practices
2.3. 3rd milestone: Opening the ICN to new topics - Flexible and member-driven
2.4.4th milestone - lhe ICN CAP
2.5.5th milestone -. lhe digital economy
3.What can You Expect for the Future of ICN?
Development of Competition Law as Reflected in the ICN
Siún O'KEEFFE
1.Introduction
2.The Role of Economic Analysis in Competition Law
3Vertical Agreements
4.The Relevance of Institutional Design
5.And there's more
6.Conclusion
Special Project on Sustainable Development and Competition Law: lhe Beginning ofan even more Beautiful Friendship?
Csaba KovÁcs and Aranka NAGY
1.Introduction
2.Limited, but Expanding Case-Experience
3.The Chalienge
4.Means ofAgency Adaption
5.The Internationai Dimension
6.Conclusions
Surveying the Surveys: lhe Drive for Implementation of the ICN's Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures
Dave ANDERSON and Paul CULLIFORD
1.Introduction
2.The N&P RPs
3.Assessing Conformity with the N&P RPs
4. lhe Good News: A steady move towards implementation and conformity
4.1. N&P RP II. 276
4.2.N&P RP III
4.3.N&P RP IV
4.4. Conformity with and use of the N&P RPs generaily
S.lhe Not-so-good News
6. Conclusion: Continue the drive towards convergence - Some
suggestions for the next decade
The Next Frontier of International Cooperation in Competition Enforcement
John PECMAN and Duy D PHAM
1.Introduction
2.Joint Investigative Teams
3.Multilateral MOU
4.Common Marker System
5.Enhanced Extraterritorial Application of Competition Laws
6.Renewed Commitment to Comity
7.Concluding Remarks
How ICN and UNCTAD Can Work Together in International Cartel Enforcement Beyond 2020. Experiences of the UNCTAD Discussion Group on International Cooperation
Pierre M. HORNA
1. The Work of the UN and UNCTAD on International Cooperation
2. The Work of the ICN in the Area of International Cartel
Enforcement Cooperation
3.lhe Guiding Policies and Procedures under Section F of the UN Set
on Competition (GPPSF)
3.1.Adoption of the "Guiding Policies and Procedures under
Section F of the UN Set on Competition" (GPPSF) in July 2019 326
4.How the GPPSF can be Capitalised on/Build upon ICN Efforts in
International Cooperation
5.Recommendations: Towards a Voluntary Consultation Mechanism
under Section F.4 of the UN Set of Competition
6.Conclusion
ICN's Evolution from Start-Up to Global Leader
Leah McCo
1.Meeting Lhe Needs of the Competition Comrnunity
2.Employing a Flexible Structure for Engagement
3. Embracing New Tools and Change
4.Where to Next7
Governance Design of the Regulatory Network: The ICN as an Experimentalist Network?
Yane SVETIEV
1.Introduction
2.Governance Design Modeis for the Regulatory Network
2.1.Information and exchange
2.2.Soft convergence
2.3. ICN and the experimentalist regulatory network model
3.Conclusion
China's Competition Law and Policy m an International Comparative Context
Huang YONG, Neli Lixia Zi-iou, and Tang JINGLUN
1.Introduction
2.A Young Jurisdictiori: The Healthy Evolution of China's AML
3.Maturing of the Market: Fundamental Role of Competition Policy
3.1.A baseline view on China's competition policy
3.2.Establishment and reinforcement of the fundamental role of
China's competition policy
3.3.Evolving components of China's competition policy.
4.The Rule ofLaw in Competition: The AML and the Fair
Competition Review System
4.1.Limitations of the AML against administrative monopoly
4.2.Fair Competition Review system: background and process
4.3.Fair Competition Review system: assessment and outlook
5.China's Market Climate and Special Chailenges to the AML
5.1.AML and market opening-up and expansion
5.2.AML and industry transformation and upgrade
5.3.AML and consumer welfare
6.Outlook en the AML: International Convergence ofSubstance and
Procedures
6.1.Experience curve and professionalization
6.2.Improvement of anti-monopoly enforcement procedures
6.3.Resource constraints and institutional response
7.Conclusions and Outlook
Postscript
The Times lhey are A-Changing: What ICN for the Next Decade?
Alessandra TONA ZZI
1.Introduction
2. A Changing Landscape for Competition Enforcement and Policy
3.Globalization and International Cooperation in Enforcement
4.Readying the ICN for the Chalienges oflts Third Decade
5.Conclusive Remarks
The Role of the International Competition Network in the Digital Era Alejandra PALACIOS and Heidi SADA
1.Introduction
2.The International Competition Network Throughout the Years
3.The Role of the ICN in the Digital Era
The Economics of International Competition Policy: New Chailenges in the Light of Digitization?
Oliver BUDZ!NSKI
1.Introduction
2.Cross-Border Externalities ofNational Competition Policies
3.Costs and Burden ofMultiple Procedures
4.Loopholes in the Protection of Competition
5.Diversity of Societies and Economics
6.The Role of the ICN in Its Third Decade
Developments and Prospects for the Discussion and Regulation of "Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position" in the Digital Age
Kazuyuki SUGIMOT0
1.Introduction
2.Discussion at the ICN Kyoto Annual Conference
2.1. Overview of the Special Program on Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position
2.2.Report of the Special Program
2.3.Panei discussion of the Special Program
3.Developments in ICN Member Jurisdictions after the Kyoto Annual
Conference
4.Significance of the Regulation of Abuse of Superior Bargaining
Position in the Digital Age
5.Conclusion
The Authors
The Editors
Index