Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Laws and Regulations under TRIPS Art. 63.2

Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation (Main laws and regulations must be notified in a WTO language (English, French or Spanish). Where an authentic national text of a law or regulation is not available in a WTO language, the authentic text of that law or regulation in a national language shall be notified, in addition to the translation into a WTO language.)

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The Implementing Regulations of the Competition Law (the “Implementing Regulations”) were issued by the Board of Directors (the “GAC Board”) of the General Authority for Competition (“GAC”) and came into force on 25/01/1441 Hijri (corresponding to 24 September 2019). The Implementing Regulations apply to: all entities within the Kingdom, including establishments and companies, engaged in economic, activity in the Kingdom, whatever their legal forms, nationalities, sizes, and ownership; whether their license to practice the activity is still valid or otherwise; and whether they practice the licensed activity or a different one; an individual engaged in an economic activity whether or not he has obtained a license to practice his activity; all forms of entities and groupings when engaged in economic activities; and e-platforms, whether or not they are licensed to practice their activity; and practices occurring outside the Kingdom that have an adverse effect on fair competition within the Kingdom. The Competition Law and the Implementing Regulations will not apply to a public establishment or state-owned company if it is solely authorized by the Saudi Government to provide goods or services in a particular field. Such exemption must be granted by a royal decree or a resolution of the Council of Ministers that authorized the relevant public establishment or state-owned company to be the sole provider of goods or services in a particular field. However, the provisions of the Competition Law and the Implementing Regulations apply to a state-owned company in fields other than the one in which it is solely authorized by the Saudi Government to provide goods or services.

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