Global Competition Law is primarly a practitioner's guide presenting the most salient aspects of the major competition laws country by country, giving an overview of their structure and most charasteristic elements.
Global Competition Law also provides insight into possible future developments in the field.

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The Competition Authority was created by Decree-Law No 10/2003 of 18 January 2003. The Competition Authority is an independent administrative body. The authority has regulatory, supervisory and disciplinary powers to:
- propose laws to the competent institutions and approve regulations necessary for creating a competitive environment;
- issue recommendations and general directives about restrictiv …

The Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência)

The Competition Authority was created by Decree-Law No 10/2003 of 18 January 2003. The Competition Authority is an independent administrative body. The authority has regulatory, supervisory and disciplinary powers to:

- propose laws to the competent institutions and approve regulations necessary for creating a competitive environment;

- issue recommendations and general directives about restrictive practices;

- propose and approve codes of conduct and best practices;

- identify and investigate practices prejudicial to free competition, on the basis of national and community laws, and conduct studies, surveys and hearings to investigate those practices;

- prepare and decide on antitrust cases, applying sanctions or preventive measures.

 Under Section 50 of the previous Act, decisions of the Competition Authority were appealed to the commercial section of the locally competent Court. If there was no commercial section in this court, the commercial section of the district court would be competent. If there was no commercial section in the district court, appeals would have to be lodged before the Lisbon Commercial Court.

However, as a condition of financial aid from Europe and the International Monetary Fund, Portugal had to amend those provisions and further decentralize the implementation of its Competition Law. Act No 46/2011 of 24 June 2011, which modified Sections 50 et seq. of Act No 18/2003, created a court with specialized jurisdiction over competition matters, regulation and supervision that is the appellate court of competition against all decisions of the Competition Authority. The Court of Competition, Regulation and Supervision, established in the city of Santarem, is expressly designated by Section 84(3) of the 19/2012 Act as the appeals court against the Competition Authority's decisions.

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576. The Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência)

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