Para B - Objective - CCI (Competition Assessment Of Economic Legislations And Policies) Guidelines, 2016

B. Objective The objective of these Guidelines is to facilitate objective and transparent assessment of select upcoming /existing economic legislations and policies made by Parliament / a State Legislature /a Ministry/ Department of Central/ a State Government/ a Statutory Authority from competition perspective. Based on the assessment, the Commission would suggest, if necessary, appropriate modifications in the economic legislation or the policy, as the case may be, along with the reasons for such suggestion from the competition perspective, to the relevant stakeholders, including Parliament / State Legislature and its Committees concerned, the Administrative Ministry or the Department of the Government or the statutory authority, which has formulated / piloted the legislation / policy,. This would complement the proactive role of the Commission in preventing any provision inadvertently sneaking into law that may have potential to cause appreciable adverse effect on competition.