Article 17 of the Saudi Competition Law

This article gives the General Authority for Competition a tool for monitoring the market: it may request that it be provided with reports on the establishments operating in the market.

• Who provides the reports? The relevant official bodies, not the establishments themselves, according to the text of this article.
• When? Periodically, or when needed.
• The details: the Law provides that the Regulations clarify this, so the Law does not specify the type of reports, their dates or the particular bodies.

The purpose is for the Authority to have a picture of the market and the establishments operating in it, which helps it perform its role in protecting fair competition. An establishment under Article 1 is every natural or legal person who carries out an economic activity.

Article 16 provides that the Authority may, when necessary, call on the competent bodies, including security bodies, to enable enforcement officers to perform their tasks, which shows that cooperation between the Authority and other bodies is part of the Law's system. Article 18 also provides for forming the committee for adjudicating violations of the Law and the Regulations.

This article is organizational, concerning the Authority's relationship with the official bodies. Anyone who needs clarification of its effect on their establishment can consult a lawyer specialized in competition and commercial cases.