President of the Commission for Protection of Competition, Dr. Miloje Obradović, has met today with Ambassador of Japan to Serbia, H.E. Junichi Maruyama. Dr. Obradović shared his ideas with H.E. Maruyama on the possible extension of excellent cooperation established between the Commission for Protection of Competition of the Republic of Serbia and the Embassy, but also with the Japanese competition authority, JFTC.

Ambassador Maruyama also welcomed qualitative cooperation built with the Commission for Protection of Competition and intensified exchange of experiences achieved between the competition authorities of Japan and Serbia. In support of that, the interlocutors have recalled the previously organized two-day seminar held in Belgrade, where renowned Japanese experts spoke on the issue of current and future challenges of Japan in fighting cartels and bid rigging, in addition to the seminar held in Tokyo, attended this year also by a staff member of the Commission for Protection of Competition of the Republic of Serbia.

H.E. Maruyama has informed President Obradović on antitrust cases which recently have been the focus of attention of the Japan Fair Trade Commission, as well as on anticipated case-related effects affecting the improvement of competition policy in Japan.