Chairman of the RA State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) Artak Shaboyan met with Germany’s Deputy Ambassador in Armenia Christoph Breunig and Gunda Schumann, the Permanent Counselor of EU Twinning Project: “Strengthening the Enforcement of Competition and State Aid Legislation in Armenia.”

Cooperation problems with the project were in the focus of the meeting. Attaching importance to the project, Shaboyan noted that the works on the agreement of Twinning Project have had a possible impact also on the development of the Commission’s quarterly strategy.

Shaboyan said that a bill on introduction of amendments to the legislation regulating the competition field in the country has been submitted to the parliament, while it is expected to be adopted soon. He added that the project launch will allow expanding the Commission specialists’ opportunities at the same time.

In their turn, the partners in the EU have positively estimated the preparation works for the agreement signing, expressing willingness to organize a conference in February on the project launch with participation of stakeholders, the SCPEC press service reported.