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COMPETITION ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 14 of 2012
A1353

“Tribunal” (審裁處) means the Competition Tribunal established by section 134;

“undertaking” (業務實體) means any entity, regardless of its legal status or the way in which it is financed, engaged in economic activity, and includes a natural person engaged in economic activity.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of “serious anti-competitive conduct”—

“bid-rigging” (圍標) means—

(a) an agreement—
(i) that is made between or among 2 or more undertakings whereby one or more of those undertakings agrees or undertakes not to submit a bid or tender in response to a call or request for bids or tenders, or agrees or undertakes to withdraw a bid or tender submitted in response to such a call or request; and
(ii) that is not made known to the person calling for or requesting bids or tenders at or before the time when a bid or tender is submitted or withdrawn by a party to the agreement or by an entity controlled by any one or more of the parties to the agreement; or
(b) a submission, in response to a call or request for bids or tenders, of bids or tenders that are arrived at by an agreement—
(i) that is made between or among 2 or more undertakings; and
(ii) that is not made known to the person calling for or requesting bids or tenders at or before the time when a bid or tender is submitted or withdrawn by a party to the agreement or by an entity controlled by any one or more of the parties to the agreement;

“goods” (貨品) includes real property;

“price” (價格) includes any discount, rebate, allowance, price concession or other advantage in relation to the supply of goods or services;

“supply” (供應)—

(a) in relation to goods, means sell, rent, lease or otherwise dispose of the goods, an interest in the goods or a right to the goods, or offer so to dispose of the goods or of such an interest or right; and
(b) in relation to services, means sell, rent or otherwise provide the services or offer so to provide the services.

(3) A note located in the text of this Ordinance is provided for information only and has no legislative effect.