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With in the World Consumer Day, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), held an online discussion on the protection of consumer rights and access to basic services.
The meeting was attended by Sergo Sanikidze, Head of the Consumer Rights Protection Department of the Georgian National Competition Agency, Teresa Moreira, the Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Rebeca Grynspan, Secre...

In Batumi, the closing event of the first International Week on the Protection of Consumer Rights was held, which was attended by representatives of the Batumi City Hall, representatives of the organizations working on the protection of consumer rights, international organizations and the business sector. Heads of the Georgian National Competition Agency, the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, the Communication Commission, the National Bank of Georgia, the Insura...

March 15 is marked on the world calendar as World Consumer Rights Day, within the frame of which the opening event of the first International Week on the Protection of Consumer Rights was held in Georgia, organized by the Georgian National Competition Agency, the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, the Communication Commission, the National Bank of Georgia, the Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia and the National Food Agency.

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On March 13-17, the first International Week on the Protection of Consumer Rights is being held in Georgia, organized by the Georgian National Competition Agency, the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, the Communication Commission, the National Bank of Georgia, the Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia and the National Food Agency. Within the frame of the event, the regulatory bodies will discuss the reforms implemented in the direction of consumer right...

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An article by Tamar Chakvetadze, Donor Relations and Projects Manager, was published in the latest newsletter, "News from the Region" section, of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Regional Center for Competition in Budapest, Hungary (OECD-GVH RCC).

The article speaks about the establishment of the annual conference, its role, and importance in the region, as well as the establishment of a high-level format on competition and consumer rights protection at the i...

Official letter by Teresa Moreira, Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for evaluating the first international conference on “Competition and Consumer Rights” in Georgia.

The letter marks the successful cooperation of five regulators - the National Competition Agency, GNERC, the National Bank of Georgia, the Communications Commission, and the State Insurance Supervision Service and the succes...

Maria Pilar Canedo Arrillaga, commissioner of the Spanish national markets and competition commission, spoke about the competition policy and the current challenges in this direction at the first international conference on Competition and Consumer Protection held in Georgia.

Competition policy responds to today's challenges and helps companies create attractive services that should be accessible to all segments of society. The healthy competition in the country indicates that people h...

Goda Aleksaite, the head of the Consumer Rights Protection Agency of Lithuania, spoke about the protection of consumer rights and the full enforcement of the law at the first international conference on Competition and Consumer Protection held in Georgia.

An effective consumer protection policy facilitates the attraction of investments into the country and creates additional jobs, said Aleksaite.

According to her, to make decisions more easily, investors need to know that their...

Teresa Moreira, head of UNCTAD's competition and consumer policy department, participated in the first International Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection that was held in Georgia. She spoke about consumer rights, the current situation, and challenges in business.

It is very important to enforce the law by following all legal procedures so that the business and the consumers are not harmed. The parties should not feel injustice. Therefore, along with the legitimacy of the c...

The first international conference on enforcement of competition policy and protection of consumer rights, held in Tbilisi, has ended. At the two-day conference - "Competition and consumer rights" was organized by the country's 5 regulatory agencies - Georgian National Competition Agency, Georgian National Energy And Water Supply Regulatory Commission, The National Bank of Georgia, Communications Commission of Georgia and Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia. The topics covered comp...

" We are continuing the reforms started in the direction of competition policy and consumer rights protection. Promotion of the principles of healthy competition and introduction of European standards for the protection of consumer rights are of the utmost importance for the process of our country's integration into the European Union. We will do our best for this"- Irakli Lekvinadze, the chairman of the Georgian National Competition Agency, made this statement at the opening of the conferenc...

The head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Teresa Moreira, delivered a speech at the current international conference on competition and consumer rights at the Sheraton Metekhi Palace and discussed the achievements that Georgia has in this field. As Teresa Moreira stated, Georgia is actively working to create an environment providing equal opportunities for business, which, according to her, will contribute to t...

On November 16-17, 2022, the first international conference on the enforcement of competition policy and protection of consumer rights will be held in Georgia. Conference organizers are five market regulatory bodies – The National Competition Agency of Georgia, GNERC, The National Bank of Georgia, Communications Commission of Georgia and the State Insurance Supervision Service of Georgia.

Competition law, consumer rights protection mechanisms and activities carried out by regulat...

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Chairman of the National Competition Agency of Georgia, Irakli Lekvinadze, held a working meeting with the Chairman of the Competition Council of the Republic of Moldova, Aleksei Gertheshu.

Within the framework of the meeting, the parties shared their experiences and discussed future plans of cooperation.

In addition, Irakli Lekvinadze and Alexei Gerteshu discussed the progress of the Firs International “Conference on Competition and Consumer Rights" planned on November 16...

The first international conference on competition and consumer rights will be held in Georgia. The event will discuss the activities of competition law, consumer rights protection mechanisms and regulatory agencies.

On November 16, the event will be opened by the Chairman of the National Competition Agency, Irakli Lekvinadze; President of the National Bank, Koba Gvenetadze; Chairman of the National Energy and Water Supply Regula...

The conference scheduled for November 16-17, 2022- is jointly organized by the Georgian National Competition Agency, The National Bank of Georgia, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, National Communications Commission and Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia. The agenda of the event covers broad range of key issues from competition policy to consumer rights protection mechanisms, and activities carried out by the regulatory a...

The first International Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection will be held in Georgia. The agenda of the event covers a broad range of key issues from competition policy to consumer rights protection mechanisms, and activities carried out by the regulatory agencies.

On November 16^th the event will be opened by - Irakli Lekvinadze, Chairman of the National Competition Agency, Koba Gvenetadze, President of t...