Myanmar keyword: Ministry of Commerce

July 30, 2020

The use of a Multi-level Marketing (“MLM”) business model has been banned since 2018 by way of Notification 46/2018, dated 18 September 2018, issued by the Ministry of Commerce as a result of an audit of several MLM companies by the authorities. Due to the absence of specific laws and regulations on MLM, the restrictive […]

January 26, 2018

Draft Competition Rules 2017 The Ministry of Commerce published the Draft Competition Rules 2017 on 29 December 2017. These are intended to implement the Competition Law 2015, which takes effect from February 2017. The Draft Competition Rules 2017 include articles on the formation and responsibilities of the Myanmar Competition Commission and the investigation committee, as […]