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.
| Key Milestones | Date |
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29 Sep 2016 15 Aug 2014 |
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| Stakeholder Participation Guidelines | 02 Sept 2014 |
| Inquiry Commenced | 15 Sept2014 |
| Published call for Submissions | 16 Sept 2014 |
| Received responses to call for submissions | 31 Oct 2014 |
| Introductory stakeholder engagements and site visits | Jan-Feb 2015 |
| Issued first round of information requests | March 2015 |
| Received and assessed responses to first round of information requests | June – July 2015 |
| Issued second round of information requests | 04 Aug 2015 |
| Further call for submissions on specific factors | 27 Aug 2015 |
| Gazetted Amendments to Terms of Reference | 23 Mar 2016 |
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LPG Market Inquiry recommendations for Comments Analysis of comments from stakeholders Consultations on key recommendations |
10 May 2016 7 Jun-Aug 20 Dec 2016 Dec -Feb 2017 31 Mar 2017 24 April 2017 24 April 2017 24 April 2017 28 April 2017
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