In the afternoon session, Nancy Doyle, Senior Special Counsel of the CFTC’s Office of International Affairs, presented on the futures market and futures contracts as a type of derivative contract. She also provided an in-depth overview of the CFTC’s regulatory framework. Participants also discussed building capacity at exchanges to supervise trading and monitor members, alongside…
Today, the seminar on “Commodity Market Regulation” organized by the Competition Promotion and Consumer Protection Committee in partnership with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has started at the Hyatt Regency Tashkent. Kevin Piccoli, Deputy Director of International Relations at the CFTC, opened the seminar with his presentation on developing a commodities market, the…
🇺🇿 This October, with the support of the German Sparkassen Stiftung, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Farrukh Karabaev, visited the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission (main Competition authority of European Union) in Brussels (Belgium). During his visit, he held a meeting with Deputy Director-General for Antitrust & Digital Platform Regulation, Ms. Linsey…
On October 25, 2024, the Competition Promotion and Consumer Protection Committee along with Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Research Center met with the Director of the Regional Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, Philipp Jahn. The meeting brought together key figures, including Committee Chairman H. Turakhujaev, Deputy Chairman F. Karabaev, Center…
On October 22, 2024, Tashkent hosted a conference on “Fostering sustainable investments and entrepreneurial support to enhance population welfare” with 15 international companies and nearly 80 Uzbek organizations in attendance. One of the key speakers Farrukh Karabaev, Deputy Chairman of Competition Committee, who detailed country’s ongoing economic reforms aimed at promoting competition and reducing the…
From October 7-9, 2024 Deputy Chairman of the Committee, F. Karabaev, visited the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. During this visit, he held a series of working meetings with Ms. Linsey McCallum, Deputy Director-General for Antitrust and Digital Platforms, and Ms. Inge Bernaerts, Head of the Competition Policy and Strategy…
On October 14, 2024, the delegation of the Uzbekistan Competition Committee concluded its visits in Germany. The final meeting took place in Munich with the Executive Director of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Professor Josef Drexl. The Max Planck Society comprises over 80 scientific institutes and research centers, including the Institute for…
On October 11, 2024, as part of their visit, the delegation of the Competition Committee met with the Secretary-General of the German Monopolies Commission, Mark Batal. During the meeting, the parties discussed mechanisms and practical experience of Germany in regulating natural monopolies. They also reviewed the mechanisms used to analyze and address systemic problems in…
