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The ASEAN Economic Ministers
endorsed the establishment of the
ASEANExpertsGrouponCompetition
(“AEGC”) inAugust 2007asaplatform
to look intoCPL issues inASEAN. The
AEGCoversees cooperationactivities
relating to competitionpolicy and law
in ASEAN aswell as implementation
of deliverables under the AEC
Blueprint. TheAEGC isanofficial body
comprising representatives fromthe
competitionauthorities and agencies
responsible for competition policy
and law in theAMSs. CCS represents
Singapore at the AEGC and has been
an active contributor to the various
initiatives and activities at the AEGC.
CCS participated in the 16th and
17th Meetings of the AEGC from 30
November to 2 December 2015 in
SiemReap, Cambodia and from22 to
24March 2016 in Vientiane, Lao PDR
respectively. TheMeeting discussed
the ASEAN Competition Action
MEETINGS OF THE AEGC
30 NOVEMBER -
2 DECEMBER 2015
26 - 27 FEBRUARY
2016
16th Meeting of AEGC in
Cambodia
APEC’s CPLG Meeting in Peru
Plan 2025 and key performance
indicators, as well as the AEGC’s
work programme and deliverables.
Two AEGC Working Group Meetings
on Regional Advocacy and Website
were held back-to-back from 25
to 27 January 2016 in Jakarta,
Indonesia, both chaired by CCS.
CCS led discussions on the Toolkit
on Regional Advocacy to guide
ASEANMember States in conducting
competition advocacy initiatives.
The Meeting also reviewed and
endorsed the enhancements to
the AEGC web portal (http://www.
to improve
its usability and interface. Both the
completed toolkit and revamped
web portal were launched at the ICN
Annual Conference in Singapore in
April 2016.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND
COOPERATION SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
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