| On 25th November 2010, the CCM marked
its 1st year anniversary at the Intercontinental Hotel in Balaclava.
The proceedings were officially opened by the Honourable Prime
Minister of Mauritius, Dr Navin Ramgoolam. The Prime Minister
expressed his satisfaction with the work of the Competition
Commission so far, and noted his particular appreciation to
John Davies, Executive Director for the work he has done to
set up the Commission. Guests of honour were Bruno Laserre,
the President of “l’Autorite de la Concurrence”,
and Shan Ramburuth, Commissioner of the South African Competition
Commission. Both spoke on their own experiences of implementing
a competition regime in their respective countries and the difficulties
they’d faced. In particular they expressed their impression
that the Competition Commission of Mauritius has done very well
in its first year to become fully established and having already
completed two full investigations.
One year on the CCM is proud of what it has achieved, it
is now fully functional with 20 staff. As at the present date,
the CCM has launched 7 investigations and a market study out
of which 2 have been completed and the decision of the Commissioners
given, and 5 are still on-going. It has carried out at least
40 enquiries and is constantly monitoring the market. It has
also carried out much advocacy work to specific business groups
and to the wider public, including seminars, workshops and
presentations to different business sectors.
The workshop was part of a week long campaign by the CCM
to improve awareness in the wider community of Mauritius to
Small and Medium Enterprises.
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