Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) vide Gazette Notification dated 20 November 2019, amended the Competition Commission of India (General) Regulations, 2009 relating to informants, as follows:
- A new clause 10(2)(da) is inserted to provide details of any dispute between the informant and the parties before any court, tribunal or arbitrator in respect of the subject matter of the information
- Informant’s request for confidentiality is diluted by the addition of a proviso to Rule 35(1)
- Fees payable for providing any information on certain agreements and dominant position of an enterprise is increased per below table:
| Type of informer | Present Fees in INR | Previous Fees in INR |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
10,000 | |
|
40,000 |
20,000 [up to INR 1 (one) Crore Turnover] |
|
1,00,000 |
50,000 [other than above cases] |
|
5,00,000 |
Source: http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/214225.pdf