MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR THE VI BRICS COMPETITION CONFERENCE IS OPEN

For accreditation please apply to press@fas.gov.ru giving your name, the media that you represent, passport details and the equipment.

The key Conference events:

Plenary session 1: “Developing competition policy and law in BRICS countries” - the participants will discussimportant changes in the antimonopoly law and development of competition policy and antimonopoly regulation in BRICS economies.

Plenary session 2: “Cooperation between BRICS competition authorities” - will focus on achieving cooperation between BRICS antimonopoly authorities and its impact upon global competition policy.

Plenary session 3: “Developing competition n the digital epoch” – a discussion on the key issues of competition development and improvement of the antimonopoly law under the conditions of digital economy.

The Ceremony of signing a Joint Statement of Heads of BRICS competition authorities (a Declaration of the leaders of BRICS competition authorities outlining the main directions and mechanisms of BRIC cooperation) is scheduled on 18 September 2019 at 14:00. It will be followed by a press-scrum with Heads of BRICS competition authorities.

The Conference also comprises several parallel sessions in the form of Working Group meetings to discuss competition support on BRICS socially important markets:

“Competition on BRICS food markets”: to analyze the achievements of BRICS Working Group on studying competition issues on the food products markets;

“Developing competition on the automotive markets”: to considerthere sults of BRICS Working Group in studying competition issues on the automotive markets;

“Competition on BRICS digital markets”: to discuss performance of BRICS Working Group on studying competition issues on the pharmaceutical markets;

“Competition on BRICS pharmaceutical markets”: to discuss the results achieved by BRICS Working Group on studying competition issues on the pharmaceutical markets.

Venue: Digital Business Space, 47, Pokrovka St., Moscow.

To interview Heads of BRICS competition authorities, please send an application to press@fas.gov.ru with a list of questions for the interviews

To take part in the press-scrum at the end of the Ceremony of signing the Joint Statement of Heads of BRICS competition authorities, please also send a list of questions you plan to ask Heads of BRICS competition authorities to press@fas.gov.ru

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A list of event open for mass media can be found on the Conference web-site.