The Commission has initiated a market inquiry into the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sector in South Africa. The inquiry commenced on 15 September 2014 and the investigation was finalized on 31 March 2017. The handover of the report to the Minister is on 24 April 2017 and formal publication of the report in the Government Gazette will be on 28 April 2017.
The Commission initiated the inquiry because it has reason to believe that there are features of the sector that may prevent, distort or restrict competition. The Commission had received a number of complaints in the LPG sector which also provided further basis for initiating the market inquiry. Further, the Commission believes that conducting this inquiry assisted in understanding how it may promote competition in the LPG sector in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
LPG Final Non-Confidential Version
b. Statement by the Commissioner
c..Members of Commission staff who conducted this market inquiry
ANNEXURE A. MARKET INQUIRY PROCESS STAKEHOLDERS CONTACTED
ANNEXURE B. LPG CONSUMPTION DYNAMICS IN SOUTH AFRICAN HOUSEHOLDS
ANNEXURE C.WORLD BANK REVIEW OF 20 COUNTRIES
Chapter 2. Market Inquiry process.
Chapter 3. Background to the LPG sector in South-Africa
Chapter 4. Dynamics of the LPG market in South Africa
Chapter 5.Industry associations
Chapter 6. Recent developments in the LPG sector
Chapter 7.Non-Pricing Regulation
Chapter 9.Addressing the limited domestic supply of LPG
Chapter 10.LPG supply agreements with refineries
Chapter 11. Coordinated behaviour
Chapter 13 .The-high-cost-of-switching
Chapter 14 .Conclusion and recommendations
Amended LPG Terms of Reference 28 Sept 2016
Amended Terms of Reference LPG Market Inquiry
Government Gazette Terms Of Reference
GUIDELINES FOR STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN THE LPG MARKET INQUIRYFINAL
Handover of the Final Report to the Minister
LPG Amended ToR Government Gazette 9-Dec-2016
LPG FINAL NON-CONFIDENTIAL VERSION
LPG Market Inquiry Call for Submissions16092014
LPG Market Inquiry recommendations for Comments 10052016F
LPG Request for further submissions Final
Publication of Final Report in Government Gazette
Responses to first round of information requests