Commerce Commission - Latest News [Page 139]
Commission Commences Court Action Against Telecom
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 1:46 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has filed High Court proceedings under the Commerce Act against Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited and Telecom New Zealand Limited alleging that Telecom has misused its market power, and continues to do so, to prevent or ... More >>
Commission Commences Court Action Against Telecom
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 1:46 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has filed High Court proceedings under the Commerce Act against Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited and Telecom New Zealand Limited alleging that Telecom has misused its market power, and continues to do so, to prevent or ... More >>
Clearance Application From Visy Industrial Plastic
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 4:33 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Visy Industrial Plastics (NZ) Limited seeking clearance to acquire the plastic packaging businesses and assets of ACI Operations NZ Limited. More >>
Commission announces conference on ODV Handbook
Friday, 12 March 2004, 3:22 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will hold a three-day conference from 14-16 April 2004 on its draft optimised deprival valuation (ODV) Handbook. The Commission will use the final Handbook for valuing the system fixed assets of large electricity lines businesses. ... More >>
Pacific Radiology to acquire Wakefield Radiology
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 11:29 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted a clearance to Pacific Radiology Limited to acquire the radiology services, business and assets of Wakefield Radiology Limited. More >>
Court Finds Ophthalmologists Breached Commerce Act
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 3:05 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is pleased with the High Court judgement finding the Ophthalmological Society and five ophthalmologists contravened the anti-competitive provisions of the Commerce Act. More >>
Niro A/S applies for clearance to acquire Colby
Monday, 1 March 2004, 11:51 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Niro A/S, to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Colby Systems Limited from Siemens Dematic AG. More >>
Principles Paper On Implementation Of A TSLRIC
Friday, 20 February 2004, 12:24 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released a principles paper on the implementation of a Total Service Long Run Incremental Cost (TSLRIC) Pricing Methodology for Access Determinations under the Telecommunications Act 2001. More >>
Recent storm damage to be considered extreme event
Friday, 20 February 2004, 12:06 am | Commerce Commission
Electricity Lines Businesses: Recent storm damage to be considered an 'extreme event' in quality threshold assessments More >>
AIAL applies for exemption under EIR Act
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 11:54 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL) for an exemption under the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (EIR Act) in relation to the appointment of Dr Keith Turner, Meridian Energy Limited’s ... More >>
Commission alerts public to ‘back of a van’ scam
Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 10:04 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is alerting the public to an international scam that may have hit New Zealand shores involving the sale of fake brand speakers from the back of vans. More >>
Commission Joins Forces For Intl. Sweep Day
Monday, 9 February 2004, 2:23 pm | Commerce Commission
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That's the message from the Commerce Commission as it joins forces with enforcement agencies worldwide this week in searching thousands of websites to uncover misleading advertising claims that are just too ... More >>
Commission waits Unison price increase explanation
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 11:16 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is awaiting an explanation from Hastings based electricity lines business Unison on its pricing structure. More >>
Pacific Radiology Seeks To Acquire Wakefield Rad.
Monday, 26 January 2004, 2:06 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Pacific Radiology Limited to acquire the radiology services, business and assets of Wakefield Radiology Limited. More >>
Commerce Commission cautions car dealers
Friday, 16 January 2004, 9:51 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is cautioning car dealers that interest-free deals that are not truly interest-free risk breaching the Fair Trading Act, an offence which can attract fines of up to $200,000. More >>
Phoenix Organics Admits Labelling Breach
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 12:25 am | Commerce Commission
In a settlement with the Commerce Commission, Phoenix Organics Limited has admitted the labelling of its 275ml Organic Orange, Mango and Apple Juice product was likely to breach the Fair Trading Act and has published a public apology on its website. More >>
Asquith Group applies for exemption under EIR Act
Wednesday, 7 January 2004, 12:00 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from the Asquith Group for an exemption under the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (the EIR Act) in relation to ownership separation provisions. More >>
Commerce Commission highlights for 2003
Wednesday, 24 December 2003, 10:26 pm | Commerce Commission
Managing a higher than usual level of adjudication under the Commerce Act, preparing for new enforcement responsibilities and achieving major milestones in the telecommunications and electricity lines industries were significant highlights for the Commerce Commission ... More >>
Freshly Squeezed fined $10,000 misleading claims
Wednesday, 24 December 2003, 10:25 pm | Commerce Commission
Freshly Squeezed Limited has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to making misleading claims about its Arano and Fresh Selection juices. More >>
Commission recommends unbundling for broadband
Tuesday, 23 December 2003, 2:01 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has recommended that regulation be introduced to improve competition for broadband Internet services in the residential and small and medium-sized business markets. More >>
