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The Competition Act, 2002 represents a significant shift in India’s approach to market regulation by focusing on promoting competition, protecting consumer interests, and ensuring freedom of trade. Among its core provisions are those dealing with anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position, both of which are considered detrimental to the healthy functioning of markets. These concepts are addressed primarily under Sections 3 and 4 of the Act, respectively, and form the backbone of competition law enforcement in India. Anti-competitive agreements are those agreements which cause or are likely to cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition within India. Section 3 of the Act broadly prohibits such agreements. The law recognizes that agreements between enterprises, persons, or associations may sometimes distort competition by manipulating prices, limiting production, or restricting market access. These agreements can be horizontal or vertical in nature. Horizontal agreements are those entered into between enterprises operating at the same level of the production or supply chain, such as competitors. Vertical agreements, on the other hand, are between enterprises at different levels of the supply chain, such as manufacturers and distributors. Horizontal agreements are presumed to have an appreciable adverse effect on competition if they involve practices such as price-fixing, bid-rigging, market allocation, or limitation of production or supply. These are often referred to as cartels, which are considered the most pernicious form of anti-competitive _____ _________ _______ __________ ______ _______ ______ ___ ___.
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