The Competition Act provides for certain exclusions/ exemptions as follows:
| Applicable prohibition(s) |
Exclusions/ Exemptions |
| Section 34 prohibition |
- Vertical agreements
- Agreements with net economic benefits
- Agreements which fall within the scope of block exemptions ordered by the Minister
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| Section 34 and Section 47 prohibitions |
- Undertaking entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest or having the character of a revenue-producing monopoly
- Agreements/ conduct made in order to comply with requirements imposed by or under any written law
- Agreements/ conduct which are necessary to avoid conflict with international obligations of Singapore, and so ordered by the Minister
- Agreements/ conduct made on grounds of public policy, and so ordered by the Minister
- Agreements/ conduct which relate to any goods and services regulated by other competition law (e.g. telecommunications, electricity, gas, media)
- Activities of clearing houses
- Agreement/ conduct directly related and necessary to the implementation of a merger
- Agreement/ conduct that results in a merger
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| Section 54 prohibition |
- Mergers approved by the Minister or any regulatory authority under any written law
- Mergers under the jurisdiction of any other regulatory authority under any written law relating to competition, or code of practice relating to competition issued under any written law
- Mergers with net economic efficiencies
- Mergers exempted upon application to the Minister on grounds of public interest considerations
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| Section 34, Section 47 and Section 54 prohibitions |
Specified activities covering:
- Supply of ordinary letter and postcard services
- Supply of piped potable water
- Supply of wastewater management services
- Supply of scheduled bus services
- Supply of rail services
- Cargo terminal operations
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