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

Monday, April 23, 2001

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 (presentation - Adobe Acrobat - Rich Text Format RTF)

Key Elements of Competition and Sector Laws

*Regulation and Competition in Infrastructure Services

Jean Jacques Laffont, Universite de Toulouse I, France
(presentation - PowerPoint)


*Regulation of Merger and Acquisitions in
Infrastructure Sectors

Paulo Guilherme Farah Correa, Secretario Adjunto,
Secretaría de Acompanhamento Economico, SEAE,
Ministerio da Fazenda, Brazil
(presentation - Adobe Acrobat - Rich Text Format RTF)

*Regulation for Increasing Competition in Infrastructure Services: The case of European Energy Merkets

Salomé Cisnal De Ugarte, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Belgium
(presentation - PowerPoint)

*Competition Problems of Transportation Services
David Wood, European Commission, Belgium
(presentation - PowerPoint)

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
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Panel

Gas Sector in Colombia

Alfredo Garcia, Group Battle, USA
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Weakness and Strengths of Competition Law in Chile

Pablo Serra, Universidad de Chile, Chile
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Some Suggestions for Increasing Effective Competition in Latin America

Ignacio De Leon, New York University
(presentation - PowerPoint)

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
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Panel

The New Competition Law in Argentina

Carlos Winograd, Secretario de Defensa de la Competencia, Argentina
(presentation - PowerPoint)

The New Regulation for the Power Sector in Chile

Vivianne Blanlot, Comisión Nacional de la Energía, Chile
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Telecomunications Reform in Peru: Impact of Sector Reform on Competition, Service Coverage and Tariff

José Escaffi, Geoffrey Cannock, Former General Managers of Osiptel, Peru
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Tuesday, April 24, 2001

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
(presentation - Adobe Acrobat - Rich Text Format RTF)

Panel

Toward a Common Competition Policy in MercoSur

José Tavares, Organization of the American States, USA
(presentation - Adobe Acrobat - Rich Text Format RTF)

Competition Issues in Transnational Networks

Diego Petrecolla, Centro de Estudios Económicos de Regulación, Argentina
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Competition and Industrial Structure of the Power Sector in Central America

Fernando Cuevas, CEPAL, México
(presentation - PowerPoint)

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

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
(presentation PowerPoint / speech - Adobe Acrobat - Rich Text Format RTF)

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

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
(presentation - PowerPoint)

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
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Perú: Hugo Eyzaguirre, President, Indecopi, Perú
(presentation - PowerPoint)

Trinidad and Tobago: Taimoon Stewart, Social and Economic Studies of the University of the West Indies
(presentation - Adobe Acrobat - Rich Text Format RTF)

Venezuela: Jorge Szeplaki Otahola, Superintendente Procompetencia, Venezuela
(presentation - PowerPoint)