The Harmonization of Competition Laws towards the ASEAN Economic Integration

• Author: Udin Silalahi
• Pages: 117-118

Competition Laws in ASEAN 117

X JEAIL 1 (2017)

Udin Silalahi

∗

On December 31, 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community had officially been

launched. The direct impact of this policy will be on the field of Competition Law

which differs from one country to another. The Competition Law plays an important

role in ensuring fair and equitable business practices within the ASEAN. The

ASEAN has its Regional Guidelines on Competition Policy to assist its member

countries to increase their awareness about fair and equitable business practices. This

policy only serves as a guideline and has not been adopted as an enforceable rule.

Therefore, the business competition in the domestic market involving the ASEAN

member’s company is still being regulated by each ASEAN member country. This

paper examines and analyzes the role of the competition law in addressing the intra-

ASEAN members’ unfair business practices and the needs for the harmonization of

the competition law within the ASEAN Countries as a transition to promulgate the

ASEAN Competition Law.

Keywords

ASEAN, AEC, Competition Law, Harmonization of Competition Law.

The Harmonization

of Competition Laws

towards the ASEAN

Economic Integration

∗ Lecturer at Faculty of Law Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Indonesia. SH (Atma Jaya Univ., Yogyakarta),

LL.M./Dr. iur (Friedrick-Erlangen Univ., Germany). ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5632-4069. The author

may be contacted at: udin.silalahi@uph.edu /Address: Faculty of Law Univesitas Pelita Harapan Jl. M.H. Thamrin

Boulevard 1100 Lippo Village, Tangerang 15811 Indonesia.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2017.10.1.06

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