Superintendency of Industry and Commerce

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Superintendency of Industry and Commerce
Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio
Agency overview
Formed3 December 1968 (1968-12-03) [1]
HeadquartersCarrera 13 № 27-00
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budget COP$54,085,200,000 (2011) [2]
COP$71,296,085,000 (2012) [3]
COP$94,169,797,000 (2013) [4]
Agency executive
  • Cielo Elainne Rusinque Urrego, Superintendent
Parent agency Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Website www.sic.gov.co

The Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC; Spanish : Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio) is the competition regulator in Colombia. It is the statutory body of Government of Colombia in charge of regulating fair business practices, promoting competitiveness and acting as the Colombian patent and registration office.

History

In 2014, the agency signed an agreement of cooperation with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division. [5] In 2018, Andrés Barreto, who served as Deputy Director of Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, became superintendent of the SIC. [6] In December 2020, the SIC levied fines equivalent to USD$84.5 million against members of a consortium headed by Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, over anti-competitive behavior. [7]

In 2022, the agency established thresholds that would determine whether a merger control procedure would take place. [8] In April 2023, María del Socorro Pimienta, who led the Executive Director of the Trademark Office within the SIC, was appointed to lead the agency. [9] However, she was dismissed from the position over controversies related to her tenure. [10] In February 2024, Cielo Elainne Rusinque Urrego was appointed to lead the agency. [11]

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References

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  2. Colombia, Congress of (13 December 2010). "Ley 1420 de 2010" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (47, 922). Bogotá: 29. ISSN   0122-2112. OCLC   500057889 . Retrieved 6 May 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
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  4. Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 640). Bogotá: 16. ISSN   0122-2112. OCLC   500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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  8. Pardo Cuéllar, María Carolina; Navarro, Angelica; Alberto, Luis (2022-01-28). "Colombia: The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce set the thresholds regarding total assets or operational income for determining the obligation to undertake a merger control during 2022". Global Compliance News. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
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