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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ACT, NO. 6, 2021 MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM PREVENTION OF ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES AND BEHAVIOUR REGULATIONS, 2026 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

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 24. Prohibition of Targeted Predatory Pricing and Fighting Brand Schemes 
 25. Prohibition of Discriminatory or Preferential Pricing 
    
PART VII- ENTRY BARRIERS AND ANTI-COMPETITIVE MERGER TACTICS 
 
 26. Prohibition of Regulatory Manipulation, Capture, and Bad-Faith 
Participation 
 27. Prohibition of Market Manipulation through False, Misleading, or Withheld 
Information 
 28. Prohibition of Exclusionary Conduct and Foreclosure 
 29. Prohibition of Collective Refusal to Deal and Coordinated Boycott 
Practices 
 
PART VIII- DIGITAL MARKET PRACTICES AND DATA TRANSPARENCY 
OBLIGATIONS 
 30. Market Data Provision, Shared Platform Access, and Prohibition of Data 
Manipulation 
 31. Prohibition of Insider Trading and Improper Use of Inside Information 
 32. Prohibition of Anticompetitive Abuse of Dominant Digital Platforms 
 33. Regulation of Algorithmic and AI-Based Pricing 
 34.  Prohibition on Misuse of Competitively Sensitive Information 
 35. Protection of Consumer Data and Prohibition of Anticompetitive Data 
Sharing 
PART IX: MARKET DOMINANCE 
 
 36. Prohibition of Abuse of Dominant Position 
 37. Presumptively Unlawful Conduct by Dominant Firms 
 38.  Investigation and Determination of Market Dominance 
 39. Defences and Justifications for Conduct by Dominant Firms 
 40. Interim Measures in Abuse of Dominance Investigations 
 41. Enforcement Measures in a finding of Abuse of Dominance:  
 42. Guidance and Interpretation 
 
PART X — REGULATION OF VERTICALLY INTEGRATED OPERATIONS, AFFILIATE 
CONDUCT, AND INTRA-GROUP TRANSACTIONS 
 
 43. Equal Treatment and Prevention of Discriminatory Conduct by Vertically 
Integrated Licensees 
 44. Prohibition of Anti-Competitive Cross-Subsidisation, Transfer Pricing 
Integrity, and Separation Obligations for Integrated Licensees 
 45. Code of Conduct for Affiliate Relations 
 46.  Compliance Reporting and Verification for Separated Operations 
 47.  Audit and Inspection 
 48. Enforcement for Non-Compliance or Misrepresentation