Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division
Inter-American Development Bank
and
Multilateral Investment Fund

"Competition Policy in Infrastructure Services.
Second Generation Issues in the Reform
of Public Services"

April 23-24, 2001

1300 New York Avenue, N.W.,Washington, D.C., 20577
Andrés Bello Auditorium

AGENDA
(Adobe Acrobat)

Monday, April 23, 2001

9:00 - 9:30

Welcome/Opening Session

Enrique Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank

9:30 - 10:00

Goals and Organization of the Conference
Second Generation Issues in Private Infrastructure: Competition in the Provision of Infrastructure Services.

Antonio Vives, Deputy Manager, Inter-American Development Bank

10:00 - 12:30

Key Elements of Competition and Sector Laws

Regulation and Competition in Infrastructure Services
Jean Jacques Laffont, Universite de Toulouse I, France

Regulation of Merger and Acquisitions in
Infrastructure Sectors
Paulo Guilherme Farah Correa, Secretario Adjunto,
Secretaría de Acompanhamento Economico, SEAE,
Ministerio da Fazenda, Brazil

Regulation for Increasing Competition in Infrastructure Services: The case of European Energy Merkets
Salomé Cisnal De Ugarte, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Belgium

Competition Problems of Transportation Services
David Wood, European Commission, Belgium

Moderator: Antonio Vives, Deputy Manager, Inter-American Development Bank

12:30-02:00

Lunch offered by Inter-American Development Bank

02:00-03:30

Lessons from Examples of Weak Competition in Infrastructure Services

Competition Policy in Latin-American Countries: Problems and Challenges
Paulina Beato and Carmen Fuente, Inter-American Development Bank

Panel

Gas Sector in Colombia
Alfredo Garcia, Group Battle, USA

Weakness and Strengths of Competition Law in Chile
Pablo Serra, Universidad de Chile, Chile

Some Suggestions for Increasing Effective Competition in Latin America
Ignacio De Leon, New York University

Moderator: Silvia Sagari, Division Chief, Inter-American Development Bank

04:00-05:30

New Regulatory Framework for Increasing Competition in Latin America

The Relationship between Competition and Sector Laws
Miguel Angel Fernández Ordóñez, Ex Presidente de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema Eléctrico y Ex Presidente del Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia, Spain

Panel

The New Competition Law in Argentina
Carlos Winograd, Secretario de Defensa de la Competencia, Argentina

The New Regulation for the Power Sector in Chile
Vivianne Blanlot, Comisión Nacional de la Energía, Chile

Telecomunications Reform in Peru: Impact of Sector Reform on Competition, Service Coverage and Tariff
José Escaffi, Geoffrey Cannock, Former General Managers of Osiptel, Peru

Moderator: Luis Guasch, World Bank, USA

Tuesday, April 24, 2001

8:30 - 9:30

Competition Policy in Integrated Areas

Coordination in Competition Regulations: A Necessary Condition for the Integration of the Infrastructure Markets
Francois Souty, Conseil de la Concurrence, France

Panel

Toward a Common Competition Policy in MercoSur
José Tavares, Organization of the American States, USA

Competition Issues in Transnational Networks
Diego Petrecolla, Centro de Estudios Económicos de Regulación, Argentina

Competition and Industrial Structure of the Power Sector in Central America
Fernando Cuevas, CEPAL, México

Moderator: Nohra Rey de Marulanda, Inter-American Development Bank

9:30 - 11:00

Institutions for Competition Surveillance and Enforcement

Roles of Regulatory Agencies and Competition Institutions
Fernando Heftye, Commissioner, Comisión Federal de Competencia, México

Panel

Competition and Sector Regulatory Agencies in Developing Countries
Jean Jacques Laffont, Université de Toulouse I, France

The Decision Making of Competition Agencies: How the Process can be improved
Janusz Ordover, New York University, USA

Administrative Institutions versus Judicial Bodies
Paul Karlsson, FCC, USA

Moderator: Pietro Masci, Division Chief, Inter-American Development Bank

11:00-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:00

The Role of Institutions in a Recent Merger Case: Endesa-Iberdrola

The Role of the Regulatory Agency
Pedro Meroño, President, Comisión Nacional de la Energía, Spain

The Role of the Competition Agency
Gonzalo Solana, President, Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia, Spain

The Role of the Government
Luis De Guindos, Secretary General, Ministerio de Economía, Spain

Moderator: Roberto Vellutini, Senior Advisor, Private Sector Department, Inter-American Development Bank

12:00-01:00

Round Table. Challenges of Competition Authorities in Latin America: The Role of the Inter-American Development Bank and Multilateral Investment Fund

Brazil: Paulo Guilherme Farah Correa, Secretario Adjunto, Secretaría de Acompanhamento Economico, SEAE, Ministerio da Fazenda, Brazil

Colombia: Emilio José Archila, Superintendente de Industria y Comercio, Colombia

Costa Rica: Pamela Sittendfeld, Directora Ejecutiva, Comisión para Promover la Competencia, Costa Rica

México: Fernando Heftye, Commissioner, Comisión Federal de Competencia, México

Panamá: Gustavo Paredes, Commissioner, Comisión de Libre Comercio y Asuntos de Consumidor, Panamá

Perú: Hugo Eyzaguirre, President, Indecopi, Perú

Trinidad and Tobago: Ptaimmoon Stewart, Social and Economic Studies of the University of the West Indies

Venezuela: Jorge Szeplaki Otahola, Superintendente Procompetencia, Venezuela

Moderator: Fernando Jiménez Ontiveros, Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank