Compliance review for competitive conduct.
Distribution agreements, dealer terms, pricing policies, and sales conduct can carry restrictive practice risk long before anyone notices. Avidara reviews these documents against the Competition Act 89 of 1998 for price fixing, market allocation, resale price maintenance, and abuse of dominance - before the Competition Commission or Competition Tribunal does.
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AVD-00042
Review in progress · In Review
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Compliance Review - AVD-00042
Competition Law · Restrictive Practices · Document analysis complete
Findings
Critical non-conformance identified. Requires correction before approval.
Major deviation from regulatory requirement. Action required.
Incomplete supporting documentation. Cross-reference missing.
Minor formatting non-conformance. Advisory.
The challenge
Competition Act exposure usually sits in agreements no one has checked for restrictive practice risk.
Distribution agreements, dealer and supplier terms, pricing policies, and trade association communications are drafted for commercial terms first, competition-law risk second. Clauses on resale pricing, territory allocation, exclusivity, and information sharing can create restrictive practice exposure under the Competition Act 89 of 1998, long before the Competition Commission or Competition Tribunal ever reviews them.
Avidara reviews trade and distribution agreements, dealer and supplier terms, pricing policy documents, and marketing or sales conduct materials for restrictive practice risk - price fixing, market allocation, resale price maintenance, and abuse of dominance - before they're signed or acted on.
Resale price maintenance clause
The agreement requires the dealer not to sell below a price stipulated by the supplier. Fixing a minimum resale price is treated as a per se prohibited restrictive practice under the Competition Act - no efficiency defence is available once the clause is established.
Competitor pricing information exchange
A reporting clause requires the dealer to share competitor pricing and discount information with the supplier on an ongoing basis. Routine exchange of this kind of commercially sensitive information can facilitate coordinated pricing conduct, independent of whether coordination was intended.
Unjustified exclusive territory allocation
The agreement allocates an exclusive sales territory to the dealer with no stated efficiency rationale on record. Market allocation between parties, without a documented pro-competitive justification, carries restrictive practice risk under the Act.
Open-ended post-termination restraint
The restraint of trade clause applies after termination without a defined end date. An unreasonably long or undefined restraint period is harder to justify and increases the risk of the clause being challenged or struck down.
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DistributionAgreement_RegionalDealer_v2.pdf
1.1 MB · Competition Act 89/1998 · Review Ready
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