Cameroon’s vision to accelerate economic growth
through public and private investment did not only
start today. Today’s reforms are only complimen-
ting the solid foundation for take- off that was laid
earlier on. This explains why in 1998, the National Assembly
deliberated and adopted a bill on competition which was
later promulgated into Law No. 98/013 of 14 July 1998 by
the President of the Republic.
The law divided in seven sections with 48 articles defines
competition, its scope, creates a commission on compe-
tition, details offenses and sanctions, procedures for the
detection of offenses and prosecution of infringement as
well as miscellaneous and final dispositions.
According to Article 2 (1) of the legal instrument, the pro-
visions of the law shall apply to all sectors of the national
economy, all production operations and or marketing of
goods and services produced within the national territory by
individuals legal, public, parastatal or private. Its application
also applies when the effect of competitive practices caused
by enterprises outside the country are felt in the domestic
market subject to agreements and treaties between Came-
roon to host such enterprises.
The 1998 law in its Section II prohibits anti-competition prac-
tices. It states in Article 3 “all practices that would effectively
prevent, distort or restrict significantly the performance
of competition in the market are prohibited.” In this case,
unfair competition between enterprises in the same line of
business is being discouraged in all its facets by the legal
instrument. The anti-competition practices referred to above
results from agreements made between companies, abuse of
a company’s or group of companies dominant position and
mergers and acquisitions. Agr...
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Commentaires
YONGYEH NGALIM ELIZABETH
Great article, it is helpful and a resource for any one researching about Competition law in Cameroon. I think Cameroon should adopt the leniency Program.