Training for Egyptian Competition Authority TEPAV, in cooperation with Turkish Competition Authority, will deliver five-day training for Egyptian Competition Authority officials.

ANKARA - Turkish Competition Authority and TEPAV will deliver training for Egyptian Competition Authority officials on 3-7 January 2011 in Ankara. Trainings to be delivered by the Turkish Competition Authority will involve a wide spectrum of topics including entry/supply side issues, cartels and per se offences and per se rule and rule of reason in antitrust analysis.

The inauguration program at TEPAV on 3 January 2011 Monday, TEPAV Director Güven Sak and President of Turkish Competition Authority Nurettin Kaldırımcı will deliver opening speeches. Following the speeches training program will begin. Trainings in the second and following days will be held at Turkish Competition Authority.

Sessions that will be covered in trainings are as follows:

Entry/Supply Side Issues, Competitive Effects, Per Se Offenses, Cartel Structure, Arrangements, Deterrence, Detecting Cartels, Market Characteristics, Red Flags, Cartel Stability, Bid Rigging, Cartel Case Study, Horizontal Agreements, Per se Rule and Rule of Reason in Antitrust Analysis, Leniency Programs, Leniency Case Study, Law and Economics of Dominant Position and Monopoly, Economics of RPM, Economic Theories, Empirical Evidence, Legal Treatment of RPM, Network Industries and Relations with Sectoral Regulators, Vertical Agreements, Competition Advocacy, International Cooperation, Trade & Competition, and the Role of the International Relations Department in a Competition Authority.

After the termination of trainings, Egyptian Competition Authority officials will be awarded certificates.