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The Colombian Attorney General for public affairs \u00a0requested on 6 May before the Constitutional Court that\u00a0partial unconstitutionality of article 26 of Law 1340 of 2009\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(Antitrust Law) be declared.<\/p>\n

The brief was filed within a constitutional action, initiated by a Colombian citizen challenging the legal formula to calculate fines for individuals involved in anti-competitive<\/a> practices. \u00a0The challenged provision currently dictates that such fines may add up to 2,000 Colombian legal monthly minimum wages, calculated the day the fine is imposed.<\/p>\n

As far as the Plaintiff and Attorney General are concerned, the way said fines are being set is invalid under Colombian constitutional law, not only because it corresponds to an undetermined penalty (outlawed under administrative proceedings), but also because it reproduces subject matter of a previously removed provision. The proceeding is currently at an initial stage and several months may pass before the issuance of a final ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Colombian Attorney General for public affairs \u00a0requested on 6 May before the Constitutional Court that\u00a0partial unconstitutionality of article 26 of Law 1340 of 2009\u00a0\u00a0(Antitrust Law) be declared. The brief was filed within a constitutional action, initiated by a Colombian citizen challenging the legal formula to calculate fines for individuals involved in anti-competitive practices. \u00a0The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competition-law","category-newsletter-en"],"yoast_head":"\nAttorney General challenges formula to anti-competitive practices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Initiated by a Colombian citizen challenging the legal formula to calculate fines for individuals involved in anti-competitive practices.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/attorney-general-challenges-formula-to-anti-competitive-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colombia: Attorney General challenges formula to calculate fines for anti-competitive practices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Colombian Attorney General for public affairs \u00a0requested on 6 May before the Constitutional Court that\u00a0partial unconstitutionality of article 26 of Law 1340 of 2009\u00a0\u00a0(Antitrust Law) be declared. 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