The Competition Superintendence (CS) and the National Judiciary Council, hereinafter NJC, through the Judicial Training School, (in Spanish, Escuela de Capacitación Judicial), began today a specialized course of high studies on Competition Law addressed to officers of the Judicial Branch.

1. Press Release C. 09-12
El Salvador, February 17th, 2012.
CS and NJC Inaugurate Specialized High
Studies on Competition Law
The Competition Superintendence (CS) and the National Judiciary Council, hereinafter NJC,
through the Judicial Training School, (in Spanish, Escuela de Capacitación Judicial), began
today a specialized course of high studies on Competition Law addressed to officers of the
Judicial Branch.
“El Salvador needs a The President of the NJC, Tito Edmundo Zelada, and a member of the Board
harmonic legal of Directors (BD) of the CS, Jose Angel Tolentino, inaugurated the
framework to aforementioned event.
supervise the market
oriented to increase This specialized course of high studies will allow the officers of the Judicial
economic efficiency Branch to carry out a systematic study of the principles of the Salvadoran
and transparency, in competition legal framework. Pursuant to the CS´ authorities, said course
order to increment aims to train judicial professionals to positively affect on the national
legal certainty to development from the areas of their judiciary work and with the proper
economic agents, competition theoretical and practical tools, enabling them to construe duly
improve investment reasoned judicial decisions.
climate, thus,
enhancing consumer “Our background and that of other countries with experience in this field,
welfare”, emphasized proves the important role played by the Judicial Branch in its relationship
Jose Angel Tolentino, with the competition authority when solving cases submitted to its
BD Member of the CS. knowledge, which has a definite impact on economic development”,
asserted Tolentino before an audience of over 40 participants, including
members of the NJC, judges, magistrates, and other judicial officials.
The above cited specialized course has been divided into 6 parts which shall be carried out from
February until May 2012, including topics such as: background on Competition Law; introduction to
economic principles; Salvadoran Competition Law; Competition Law and the State.
BD member Tolentino added: “In order for the CS to comply with its legal duties it needs the support of
all sectors. Having a competition law and authority are just the first steps to establish competition
conditions in the national markets”.