The Work of the Oecd Committee of Experts on Restrictive Business Practices

• Author: A. Zisler
• Published date: 01 June 1974
• Date: 01 June 1974
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0003603X7401900206
• Subject Matter: Article

THE WORK OF THE OECD

COMMlnEE

OF

EXPERTS

ON

RESTRICTIVE

BUSINESS

PRACTICES

by

DR.

A.

ZISLER·

The OECD Committee of

Experts

on Restrictive Business

Practices, which replaced the Group of

Experts

set

up

in 1953

under

the former

European

Productivity Agency, was estab-

lished in December 1961.

In

the light of

earlier

attempts

at

the international level to deal with restrictive business prac-

tices, which

had

revealed considerable differences in national

approaches to this problem, emphasis was initially placed on

the promotion of mutual understanding of national view-

points in order to provide a firm foundation

for

appropriate

forms of cooperation in the future.

Consequently, in the early stages, the Committee of Ex-

perts

on Restrictive Business Practices gave

particular

at-

tention to reviewing developments

and

exchanging experi-

ences on competition policy in member countries

and

on de-

velopments within the

European

Communities.

Work

has

continued on the Guide to Legislation on Restrictive Business

Practices (which was the main activity of the

EPA

Group

of

Experts

on Restrictive Business Practices) and on the

annual

reports

on competition policy in OECD member coun-

tries. Studies of the following specific problem areas have

been completed:

Glossary of Terms relating to Restrictive Business

Prac-

tices (1965)

Information Agreements (1967)

Refusal to Sell (1969)

Market Power

and

the Law (1970)

Restrictive Business Practices relating to

Patents

and

Licences (1972)

•

Head

of OECD's Restrictive Business Practices

and

Consumer

Policy Sections.

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