September 5, 2017
Japan Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), along with the Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition (KPPU), and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), will co-host the 13th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy and the 10th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy in Bali, Indonesia.
The East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy has been held aiming at strengthening the cooperative relationship among competition authorities/competition related authorities through candid exchange of views and information with attendance of the top-level officials from those authorities.
The East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy has been
organized for the purpose of developing the common understanding on
importance of competition law and policy in the East Asia region.
15 authorities in the region in total will participate in the Meeting and the Conference this year.
1. Date:
(1) The 13th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
(2) The 10th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy
Thursday, September 7, 2017
2. Location:
Bali, Indonesia.
3. Agenda:
(1) The 13th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy
(a) Recent Developments and Trends in National Competition Law and Policy
(b) Actual Cases and Challenges of Cross-border Enforcement and
Cooperation
(c) Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement: Challenges and Investigation
Strategy
(d) Experience, Evaluation, and Coordination of Technical Assistance and Related International Activities
(2) The 10th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy
(a) Competition Issues in Food Related Industries
(b) Understanding Competition Infringement and Enforcement in the Food Industry and Best Way to Prevent it
East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meetings and East Asia Conferences in the past
| Time | Location | Meeting | Conference |
| March 2004 | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | - | 1st Conference |
| May 2005 | Indonesia (Bogor) | 1st Meeting | 2nd Conference |
| June 2006 | Thailand (Bangkok) | 2nd Meeting | 3rd Conference |
| May 2007 | Vietnam (Hanoi) | 3rd Meeting | 4th Conference |
| April 2008 | Japan (Kyoto) | 4th Meeting | - |
| June 2009 | Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) | 5th Meeting | 5th Conference |
| September 2010 | Korea (Seoul) | 6th Meeting | - |
| September 2011 | Singapore (Singapore) | 7th Meeting | 6th Conference |
| May 2012 | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | 8th Meeting | 7th Conference |
| August 2013 | Philippines（Manila） | 9th Meeting | 8th Conference |
| October 2014 | Japan (Tokyo) | 10th Meeting | - |
| August 2015 | Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh) | 11th Meeting | 9th Conference |
| September 2016 | Korea (Seoul) | 12th Meeting | - |
*Every announcement is tentative translation. Please refer to the original text written in Japanese.
