‘State Owned Enterprises, Competition Law and Foreign Investment: View from the Gulf States’

Nora Memeti

Commercial Law Department - Kuwait International Law School - KILAW

Abstract

State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) also known as public enterprises are owned by Governments. Not owned by the private sector, SOEs directly and implicitly compete with private companies, including foreign investors. A scope of applying Competition rules towards SOEs constitutes one of the key features of Competition protection regime in particular countries. Generally two approaches can be identified in this area: 1) equality approach and 2) differentiation approach!

Keywords

“SOEs”,”Competition Law”,”Gulf States”