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Restrictions on the sale of refrigerants: Com Com
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 10:18 am | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission authorises a restriction on the sale of refrigerants to safety certified customers only More >>
Commerce Commission publishes decisions Telco Act amendments
Thursday, 24 November 2011, 9:48 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released three decisions which follow recent amendments to the Telecommunications Act. The amendments require the Commission to review some of the current standard terms determinations (STDs) ahead of the structural separation ... More >>
Vodafone fined almost $82K for misleading
Monday, 21 November 2011, 3:35 pm | Commerce Commission
Vodafone New Zealand Limited was fined $81,900 in the Auckland District Court today after being found guilty of breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to its $1 a day mobile phone internet data charges. More >>
Commerce Commission progresses default price-quality paths
Monday, 21 November 2011, 9:45 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today announced it is seeking feedback on its draft decisions on the first default price-quality paths for gas pipeline services regulated under Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986. More >>
Second phone card company fined for misleading marketing
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 5:02 pm | Commerce Commission
Misleading consumers about the cost of using their prepaid phone card today earned an Auckland-based company a fine of $140,000 in the Auckland District Court before Judge Cunningham. More >>
Commerce Commission settles timber claim against Carter Holt
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:09 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has agreed to a settlement with Carter Holt Harvey Limited (CHH) which ends civil proceedings brought by the Commission under the Fair Trading Act. More >>
Commerce Commission sets revenues for Transpower
Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 10:47 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today announced the forecast maximum revenues that Transpower is able to earn for the three year period from April 2012. More >>
Commerce Commission to appeal input methodology decision
Friday, 21 October 2011, 4:54 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today announced that it will appeal against the recent High Court decision that it should have determined further input methodologies before seeking to reset starting prices for certain electricity distribution businesses ... More >>
Improvement in electricity asset management planning
Friday, 21 October 2011, 10:36 am | Commerce Commission
Electricity distribution businesses (EDBs) have made real progress towards best practice in asset management planning, Commerce Commission Deputy Chair, Sue Begg said today. The Commission released a review of asset management plans disclosed ... More >>
Telecom refunds customers after inaccurate meter readings
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 9:14 am | Commerce Commission
Telecom has admitted breaching the Fair Trading Act after misleading some customers about the amount of broadband data they used. More >>
Commerce Com Go Ahead For Freight Forwarding Cartel Case
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 10:05 am | Commerce Commission
The High Court has given the Commerce Commission the go ahead to proceed to trial against Kuehne+Nagel International AG (Kuehne+Nagel) in relation to the Commission’s ongoing freight forwarding cartel case. More >>
Telecom pays $31.6 million in compensation in settlement
Friday, 14 October 2011, 10:31 am | Commerce Commission
Telecom pays $31.6 million in compensation in settlement of sub-loop extension discrimination claim More >>
Preliminary issues for Pact Group application
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 12:03 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Pact Group seeking clearance to acquire the plastic pails business of Viscount Plastics. More >>
Proposed changes to telecoms standard terms determinations
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 10:03 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is proposing some minor changes to several telecommunications standard terms determinations (STDs). The Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 requires the Commission to review STDs to make ... More >>
Collusion settlement in refrigerator compressor industry
Monday, 10 October 2011, 12:18 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has agreed to a settlement with a major manufacturer of compressors following an investigation into cartel conduct. The settlement, with Empresa Brasileira de Compressores S.A (Embraco), includes the Commission and Embraco jointly submitting ... More >>
Preliminary Issues & timetable for Fonterra’s authorisation
Friday, 7 October 2011, 3:26 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application received from Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited seeking authorisation for an agreement that it considers may be anti-competitive. More >>
Pact Group applies to acquire plastic pails business
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 10:49 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Pact Group seeking clearance to acquire the plastic pails business of Viscount Plastics. More >>
Commission issues consultation paper on UFB information
Monday, 3 October 2011, 2:45 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today issued a consultation paper on Information Disclosure requirements for companies who will be building fibre networks as part of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative. The companies are Enable Networks, Ultrafast ... More >>
Poor lending practices cost AKLD finance company over $55k
Monday, 3 October 2011, 1:44 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is urging lower-tier lenders to get up to speed with consumer law after an Auckland-based finance company and its director were fined a total of $55,475 in the Auckland District Court on Thursday. The company has also refunded ... More >>
Proposal to restrict the sale of refrigerants
Friday, 30 September 2011, 8:06 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has reached a preliminary view that the Refrigerant License Trust Board’s proposal to restrict sales of refrigerants to trained and certified people is not likely to lessen competition in any market. More >>
