The Chairman of the Competition Authority of Albania, Denar Biba, invited Irakli Lekvinadze, who leads the Georgian National Agency for Competition, to Tirana on November 23-24, 2023.
Irakli Lekvinadze spoke in detail about the reforms implemented in the direction of competition policy in Georgia and current and closed cases at the parallel session – International Cooperation and Eurointegration.
In 2014, after Georgia signed the European Association Treaty, the Competition Agency of Georgia was created. In 2020, significant changes were made in legislation and Georgian competition legislation was brought into line with EU standards.
From 2021, the function of anti-dumping regulation has been added, and from 2022, the direction of protecting consumer rights has been added. “In parallel with the reforms carried out, our agency has made several important decisions that will affect different sectors,” – Irakli Lekvinadze said during his speech.
Leaders of competition authorities, OECD and UNCTAD and field experts from various countries participated in the conference. The event discussed – based on examples from different countries, competition policy management methods, outcomes, challenges, advocacy mechanisms, opportunities to strengthen cooperation, etc. Sh.
The Chairman of the Georgian National Competition Agency, Irakli Lekvinadze, was on a working visit to Tirana on November 23-24 at the invitation of the Albanian Competition Authority, Denar Biba.
Irakli Lekvinadze spoke in detail regarding the reforms implemented in the direction of competition policy in Georgia, as well as current and completed cases, at the parallel session – International Cooperation and European Integration, in which the first persons of competition authorities from Greece, Armenia, and Hungary participated.
The Georgian National Competition Agency was established in 2014 after Georgia signed the European Association Agreement. In 2020, we made significant improvements to competition legislation, and Georgia’s competition legislation was brought into compliance with EU standards; we further strengthened our regulatory framework by introducing anti-dumping regulations in 2021 and prioritizing the protection of consumer rights in 2022.
In parallel with the implemented reforms, our Agency made several important decisions that affected various sectors”, Irakli Lekvinadze stated During his speech.
The meeting was attended by the Heads of various countries’ competition authorities, representatives from the OECD and UNCTAD, and industry experts.
Within the framework of the event, using examples from other nations – competition policy management strategies, results, challenges, advocacy mechanisms, and opportunities for strengthening mutual collaboration were discussed.
