Annual Report 1994/95 - Statistics: Selected Activities of the Bureau

Table 2
Selected Activities of the Bureau of Competition Policy

(Excluding Misleading Advertising and Deceptive Marketing Practices)

Number of Complaints, Examinations and Inquiries

Total complaints 1,658

Examinations (two or more days of review)* 74

Applications for inquiries under s. 9* 7

Inquiries in progress at year end* 41

Disposition of Matters

Inquiries formally discontinued 16

Matters referred to the Attorney General of Canada 7

Matters referred where further action is not warranted 0

Prosecutions or other proceedings commenced 3

Applications to the Competition Tribunal 5

- Mergers 2

- Other Reviewable Practices 3

Representations Before Regulatory Bodies 11

* Refers to civil and criminal matters only. See comparable statistics for the Merger and Marketing Practices Branches.