Analysis of the amendment to the Law for Promotion of Competition and Effective Defence of the Consumer which now establishes prior control of economic concentrations.
Competition Bulletin, the Antitrust Commission (COPROCOM):
"... a partial amendment has recently been approved to Law No. 7472, which introduces important changes in antitrust
regulations, consistent with international best practices."
In Costa Rica the Commission to Promote Competition has fined Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia and Continental Continex for "obviously anticompetitive conduct."
Faced with a complaint lodged by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the Commission to Promote Competition (COPROCOM) at the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, fined each company $236 thousand, for "obviously anticompetitive conduct."
Monitoring news media is a key tool for detecting and researching practices that limit free competition.
In an article in Laprensagrafica.com, Ricardo Pineda details how the Competition Superintendence of El Salvador (SC) utilizes media monitoring to tackle anti competitive practices.
The SC monitors news media on a daily basis, gathering valuable information to conduct “investigations, sector studies and other activities”.