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COMMUNITY OF
PRACTICE FOR
COMPETITION
& ECONOMIC
REGULATORS
GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY
| COPCOMER
In advocating for pro-competition
regulations to effectively balance policy
objectives and competition that benefit
both businesses and consumers, CCS
proactively engages government agencies
to help them understand competition
issues and give due consideration
to competition issues arising from
government policies. Established in
December2013,theCommunityofPractice
for CompetitionandEconomicRegulations
(“COPCOMER”) is an inter-agency platform
for CCS, sectoral competition regulators
and a few other government agencies to
share best practices and experiences
on competition and regulatory matters.
Through this exchange, COPCOMERseeks
to encourage the adoption of effective
regulatory and competition policies based
on local experiences and international
best practices. In FY 2015, CCS organised
the following COPCOMER events:
COPCOMER REGULATORS TEA 2016
42 high-level COPCOMER representatives
attended the COPCOMER Regulators Tea
2016 held at the Ministry of National
Development (“MND”) on 25 January
2016. Ms Nimisha Tailor, Deputy Director,
Policy and Markets Division of CCS,
moderated the Q&A panel session. The
discussion revolved around the topic
of the Sharing Economy. COPCOMER
agencies were encouraged to consider
their approach to regulation on the rise of
sharing technologies, so as to maximise
the opportunities brought about by
such technologies while mitigating the
inherent risks.
COPCOMER SEMINARS
TwoCOPCOMERSeminarswereorganised
in 2015 and held in June and November
respectively. Attended by more than
100 public officers, they were a unique
learning and sharing opportunity.
In June, CCS presented its preliminary
observations on competition dynamics in
the retail petrol market and the analysis
of price movements at the seminar. This
followed CCS’s formal inquiry into the
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CCS ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016