The new Competition Law entered into force in October 2011 and provided for more clarity with respect to the regulation of protection of competition and the powers of the Department. Following the provisions of the Competition Law, the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic adopted a number of regulations governing the status of the Department, procedures of review of cases on violations of antimonopoly regulations (including those related to unfair competition), detection and surpassing anti-competition agreements (coordinated actions) limiting the competition. As all aforesaid regulations were adopted by the Government in May-June 2012, the practice of their application and enforcement is not yet clear.

Kalikova and Associates Law Firm has, and effectively maintains, regular communication with the Ministry of Economy and Antimonopoly Policy and the Department on various issues of Kyrgyz antimonopoly policy, including the interpretation of antimonopoly laws, giving comments on the draft legislation and industry reports, participating in the events organized by the Ministry and the Department.