ACCC allows CSR's W.A. concrete cartage arrangements.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 February 2003-ACCC: ACCC allows CSR's W.A. concrete cartage arrangements(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02052003 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will allow CSR Limited and its Western Australian independent concrete carriers to agree to a concrete cartage job allocation system, ACCC Chairman, Professor Allan Fels, announced.

The ACCC has found the public benefits gained from the allocation system are likely to outweigh the anti-competitive detriment. In a final determination, it has granted authorisation* to the arrangement for five years. "In particular, the ACCC believes the possible anti-competitive effect of the arrangement is reduced as it is not industry-wide, only applying between CSR and its Western...