The Competition Superintendence (CS) announced today the 2011 Competition Week which will take place from November 21st until the 25th. During said week, the SC will make public its position with respect to competition in the pharmaceuticals sector and in the credit and debit card sector, amongst other activities.

1. Press Release C. 33-11
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El Salvador, November 17 , 2011.
CS Announced the 2011 Competition Week
The Competition Superintendence (CS) announced today the 2011 Competition Week which
will take place from November 21st until the 25th. During said week, the SC will make public
its position with respect to competition in the pharmaceuticals sector and in the credit and
debit card sector, amongst other activities
With the Competition Week, the CS seeks to promote competition culture in
“The purpose of the the country by bringing the authority closer to different audiences and share
Competition Week is to with them issues of the utmost importance for economic agents and
promote competition consumers.
culture in the country by
bringing the authority The activities to take place will be addressed to consumer associations,
closer to different universities, opinion leaders, economic agents, and most of these events will
audiences and share with be opened to the public interested in competition matters.
them issues of the
utmost importance for The aforementioned week will begin with a training program for 27 consumer
economic agents and associations from all over the country. In this event they will be trained in
consumers”, informed competition topics and relevant cases analyzed by the CS will be discussed
Francisco Diaz with more than 80 participants. The main purpose of this activity is to make
Rodriguez, Competition them aware of how important is their relationship with the CS by means of
Superintendent. citizen complaints
Three public events will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, starting at 9:00am, which shall be opened to the
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public free of charge. The first will be held on Tuesday, November 22 , to discuss the CS´ resolutions and some
decisions issued by the Supreme Court of Justice regarding competition matters.
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During the second activity, on Wednesday, November 23 , the CS will present its position with respect to
competition issues in the pharmaceuticals sector and will make public its recommendations to improve economic
efficiency and consumer welfare. Said recommendations are the result of the analysis of national and
international studies on competition conditions and opinions issued by the CS on legal framework. The Vice-
Minister of Public Health, Eduardo Espinoza Fiallos MD, and a representative from the Ministry of Economy´s Unit
on Entrepreneurial Competitiveness will participate in this event.
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On Thursday, November 24 , the CS will present the results of the competition study of the credit and debit cards
market, main findings, and public policies recommendations. The President of the Salvadoran Consumer
Protection Authority, Armando Flores, and the in-house legal counsel of Nicaragua´s competition authority
PROCOMPETENCIA, Haraxa Sandino, will make important contributions during this activity.
This week will conclude with a meeting with opinion leaders in order to share the CS´ latest resolutions and case
results, seeking for feedback.
Edificio Madreselva, 1er Nivel, Calzada El Almendro y 1ª Ave. El Espino, Urb. Madreselva, Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador.
E-mail: contacto@sc.gob.sv - www.sc.gob.sv

2. Background
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2006 July 10 to the 14 First Competition Week
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2007 October 29 to November 1 Second Competition Week
2008 June 23rd to the 27th Third Competition Week
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2009 November 23 to the 27 , Fourth Competition Week
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2010 November 22 to the 26 Fifth Competition Week
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2011 November 21 to the 25 Sixth Competition Week
Edificio Madreselva, 1er Nivel, Calzada El Almendro y 1ª Ave. El Espino, Urb. Madreselva, Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador.
E-mail: contacto@sc.gob.sv - www.sc.gob.sv