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Botswana: MRI incorrectly assumes charges cleared, says Competition Authority

By  |  November 26, 2012

A miscommunication between MRI Botswana and the Competition Authority may have lead to a premature celebration by the emergency medical care company. According to reports, MRI misinterpreted the Competition Authority’s decision to no longer investigate MRI for alleged abuse of dominance practices as a ruling that the Competition Authority did not find MRI guilty of antitrust violations; the Competition Authority, however, says it did not make a ruling and that the issue may still be referred to the Competition Commission. The Competition Authority said in a statement that the decision to end the investigation was made after the Authority did, in fact, find exclusive dealing within MRI, but that it followed an open tender process.

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