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The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2015
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Contributing Editors
Simon Holmes and Philipp
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Cartels: Balancing the Risk of Fines Against the Increasing Risk of Private Actions
in Europe Sarah Turnbull & Victoria Keenan, King & Wood Mallesons LLP
Rights and Obligations Under the EU Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions Ingrid
Vandenborre & Thorsten C. Goetz, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Private Antitrust Litigation in the EU: A New Age of Advocacy James Keyte &
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EDITORIAL
Welcome to the eighth edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide
to: Cartels & Leniency.
This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with a
comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the laws and regulations of cartels
and leniency.
It is divided into two main sections:
Three general chapters. These chapters are designed to provide readers with a
comprehensive overview of key cartels and leniency issues, particularly from
the perspective of a European transaction.
Country question and answer chapters. These provide a broad overview of
common issues in cartels and leniency laws and regulations in 34 jurisdictions.
All chapters are written by leading competition lawyers and industry
specialists and we are extremely grateful for their excellent contributions.
We are also pleased to once again include a Wall Chart, which contains a
summary table of key features relating to cartels and leniency laws and
regulations in each of the 34 jurisdictions.
Special thanks are reserved for the contributing editors Simon Holmes and
Philipp Girardet of King & Wood Mallesons LLP for their invaluable
assistance.
Global Legal Group hopes that you find this guide practical and interesting.
The International Comparative Legal Guide series is also available online at
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Nigeria
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The communications sector the NCC Act provides for the basic
procedure for investigations and appropriate sanctions.
A complainant that wants the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC) to investigate competition against a licensee
shall:
Submit a written request for an investigation to the NCC
and also a copy of the request to the other party. Note that
a request for an investigation shall contain the summary of
all relevant events or circumstances.
The responding party shall then, within 10 days of the
request, deliver to the commission its comments on the
investigation.
The NCC shall, within 30 days of the request, issue a
notice to the parties and then undertake a formal
investigation.
Furthermore, the commission may, at its own discretion, at any
time, decide to initiate a proceeding to determine:
whether conduct constitutes a substantial lessening of
competition; and/or
whether any conduct of a licensee is otherwise contrary to
these regulations.
Finally, the commission, on the completion of a proceeding, may:
Issue a direction requiring the responding party or any other
person to undertake specific actions or to cease specific
actions or resolve any conduct.
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Nigeria
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
2 Investigative Powers
2.1
2.2
The NCAA can direct any person who undertakes the business of
conveying passengers or cargo for reward to furnish it at any time
with information as the authority deems fit.
The NCC is empowered to appoint any of its officials or appoint
external inspectors to investigate or exercise any of its functions
and can do so without notice, provided the inspector has in his
possession a letter of authority from the commission. If the
premises to be searched, however, is that of a person who is not
a licensee of the commission, the inspector must obtain a warrant
from a magistrate court.
The ISA on its own part empowers the SEC to conduct
investigations as concerns its regulatory role over mergers. The
SEC is empowered to appoint inspectors to investigate mergers
and request information from parties to mergers as it deems fit.
In the process of discharging its regulatory responsibilities, the
NERC is empowered by the EPSRA to require information from all
licensees, undertake inquiries and establish or contract with an
independent entity to provide monitoring services.
2.3
Nigeria
2.5
Yes*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes*
Yes*
Yes
No
No
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2.7
The NCA provides for sanctions for any person who fails to
comply with directions for individuals. The sanction is the
payment of a fine of N100,000 or imprisonment for a term of one
year, or both.
The EPSRA prescribes a fine of N100,000 or imprisonment for a
period not exceeding one year, or both fine and imprisonment, for
any person who obstructs an inspector from performing his duties
under the Act.
The NCAAA also prescribes sanctions in terms of fines and
imprisonment for any person who fails to give information as
requested by the NCAA or any person who knowingly gives false
information.
Nigeria
country has no federal enactment on limitation periods. Different
states of the federation, however, have their respective limitation
laws; hence the applicable limitation laws will depend on the
state.
3.5
The NCC Act provides that any person who contravenes the
provisions of the Act as it relates to anti-competition will be liable
to such fines, sanctions or penalties as may be determined by the
commission from time to time.
4.4
3.2
4.5
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5.1
8.2
The procedural rules allow for representative actions, but there are
no provisions for class actions; as such Nigeria is yet to have its first
class action matter.
8.3
Nigeria
Nigeria
8.5
7 Appeal Process
7.1
Yes it does.
7.3
What are the cost rules for civil damages follow-on claims
in cartel cases?
There has not been any successful follow-on or stand alone civil
damages claims for cartel conduct, neither have there been any
reported out of court settlements.
9 Miscellaneous
9.1
Yes it does.
9.2
8 Damages Actions
8.1
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