Act 1
Uganda Communications Act
2013
a dominant position which unfairly excludes or limits
competition between the operator and any other party;
(b) entering into an agreement or engaging in any concerted
practice with any other party, which unfairly prevents,
restricts or distorts competition; or
(c) effecting anticompetitive changes in the market structure
and, in particular, anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions
in the communications sector.
54. Exceptions to fair competition.
The Commission may, in writing, allow an operator to carry on any
act or omission prohibited under section 53 where the Commission is
satisfied that, the act or omission—
(a) contributes to—
(i)
the improvement of any goods or services;
(ii) the promotion of communications services in Uganda
in accordance with this Act; and
(b) does not—
(i)
impose on the parties restrictions which are not
indispensable to attaining the objective specified
under paragraph (a); and
(ii) give the parties the ability to substantially reduce
competition in respect of the goods or services in
question.
55. Breach of fair competition.
(1) The Commission may, by its own motion, investigate any
operator who commits any act or omission in breach of fair
competition.
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