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Commission grants clearance to Port of Tauranga
Friday, 24 September 2004, 9:13 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared the acquisition by a yet to be formed joint venture company, Newco, owned 50 percent by Port of Tauranga Limited and 50 percent by Toll Limited, of all the shares in The Owens Cargo Company Limited, Toll Logistics (NZ) ... More >>
Commission warning to Pharmacy Guild
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 1:28 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has issued a warning to the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (Inc) that the Guild’s Premiums Guide, as published until October 2002, placed the Guild and its members at risk of contravening the Commerce Act, and that the Guild ... More >>
High Court dismisses appeal by Qantas and Air NZ
Monday, 20 September 2004, 1:43 pm | Commerce Commission
The High Court today dismissed the appeal by Qantas Airways Limited and Air New Zealand Limited of the Commerce Commission’s decision to decline authorisation for the airlines to enter and give effect to potentially anti-competitive alliance arrangements, and ... More >>
Telecommunications Act: TSO conference
Monday, 20 September 2004, 9:27 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will hold a four day conference from tomorrow on its draft determination on the calculation of Telecom New Zealand Limited’s net cost of complying with its telecommunication service obligations (TSO). More >>
Environmental Air Care fined $17,500
Friday, 17 September 2004, 11:30 am | Commerce Commission
Environmental Air Care Limited has been fined $17,500 and ordered to publish corrective advertising in the New Zealand Herald, Dominion Post and Press for making misleading claims about its Robocan time-dispensed insect control products, in breach of the ... More >>
Contact Energy admits misleading customers
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 2:18 pm | Commerce Commission
Contact Energy Limited has acknowledged it breached the Fair Trading Act by providing misleading explanations to customers for electricity price changes earlier this year. In a settlement with the Commerce Commission, Contact Energy has agreed to apologise ... More >>
Open Country Cheese Co In dispute with Fonterra
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 11:48 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from the Open Country Cheese Company Limited (Open Country) for a determination under the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (DIR Act) relating to charges for reasonable transport costs with Fonterra ... More >>
Gas Control Inquiry: Commission releases tax
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 5:47 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released a paper that outlines its proposed treatment of tax in determining its final recommendation on whether or not gas pipelines services should be controlled. The Commission invites interested parties to comment on its ... More >>
Report on Unbundled Partial Circuits
Friday, 3 September 2004, 2:36 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released its final benchmark report on Unbundled Partial Circuits (UPCs) following public consultation. This report relates to Telecom New Zealand Limited's commitment to the Commission in June 2004 to introduce cost-based ... More >>
Commerce Commission issues ODV Handbook
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 8:27 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today issued its new Optimised Deprival Valuation (ODV) Handbook, which prescribes the methodology for valuing the system fixed assets of electricity lines businesses. This work is part of the Commission’s development of a regulatory ... More >>
Narva & Repco convicted for cashback offer
Friday, 27 August 2004, 11:28 am | Commerce Commission
Narva New Zealand Limited and Repco Limited have pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to a misleading Projecta battery charger cash back offer. The two cases were heard separately in the Auckland District Court with Narva fined ... More >>
Commission clears ABF To Acquire NZ Food Ind. Ltd
Friday, 27 August 2004, 11:26 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared ABF Overseas Limited to acquire 100 percent of the shares of New Zealand Food Industries Limited, the New Zealand yeast business of Burns, Philp & Company Limited Group. More >>
Commission declines Gallagher Holdings application
Thursday, 26 August 2004, 4:17 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has declined to grant clearance to Gallagher Holdings Limited to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Tru-Test Corporation Limited. More >>
Commission receives iSOFT clearance application
Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 11:02 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from iSOFT NZ Limited seeking clearance to acquire certain assets currently owned by Hewlett-Packard New Zealand, comprising five customer contracts for the provision of software support services, ... More >>
Commission warns to be wary of cash-back schemes
Tuesday, 24 August 2004, 10:28 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is warning traders and consumers to be wary of cash-back schemes after receiving information that an Australian-based company, Cashback Australia Limited, is trying to get off the ground in New Zealand. More >>
Electricity Distribution Update On Thresholds
Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 10:39 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has completed its initial review of the second self assessments of the performance of all 28 electricity distribution businesses against the price path and quality thresholds set by the Commission under Part 4A of the Commerce Act. ... More >>
Current UBS not the service recommended by Com.
Monday, 16 August 2004, 10:50 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is advising businesses that the Unbundled Bitstream Service (UBS) currently being offered commercially by Telecom New Zealand differs significantly from the regulated bitstream service, recommended by the Commission in its unbundling ... More >>
Claims of 100% leave no room for ambiguity
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 9:50 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is reminding all traders that there is no room for ambiguity when making absolute claims about the composition of their products. More >>
Repeat offender gets $28,000 fine
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 12:04 am | Commerce Commission
Repeat Fair Trading Act offender Michael Helsby Knight was fined $22,000 plus $6,430 costs in the Auckland District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to 12 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act with respect to television and radio advertising ... More >>
Study on Unbundled Partial Circuits Released
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 10:20 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released a draft benchmarking report prepared by Covec Limited on Unbundled Partial Circuits (UPCs) for public consultation. This draft report relates to Telecom New Zealand Limited’s commitment to the Commission ... More >>
