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Competition Impact Assessment
Encourages government agencies to assess the competition impact of their initiatives, providing self-assessment tools, guidelines, and advisory support to ensure policies promote fair market competition in Singapore.
Government agencies are strongly encouraged to assess the impact of their initiatives on competition in the affected markets during the early part of their internal process and consider alternative options to reduce any adverse impact on market competition. To assist government agencies to understand the competition impact of their initiatives, CCCS has published the "Government and Competition: A Toolkit for Government Agencies" ("Toolkit") and the Competition Impact Assessment Checklist ("CIA Checklist").
As a first step, government agencies are encouraged to undertake a quick self-assessment using the CIA Checklist set out below. If the answer is ‘yes’ to any of the questions, government agencies should proceed to perform a thorough competition impact assessment using the principles in the Toolkit. Government agencies can also seek CCCS's advice with regard to the competition impact of their initiatives.
Competition Impact Assessment Checklist In affected markets identified, does the proposed initiative: 1) Limit the number or range of sellers? For example, does the proposed initiative:
2) Limit the ability of sellers to compete? For example, does the proposed initiative:
3) Reduce the incentive of sellers to compete vigorously? For example, does the proposed initiative:
4) Limit the choices and information available to consumers? For example, does the proposed initiative:
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