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Trade, Industry and Competition
Draft Credit Life Insurance Regulations; Review of Limitations on Fees and Interest Rates Regulations; National Credit Amendment Act Regulations: briefing
9 Feb 2016
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on the National Credit Amendment Act regulations and the prescription of a threshold for all credit providers. The implementation of the National Credit Amendment Act would make a huge impact in the reduction of over indebtedness and protect the rights of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission; National Consumer Commission; National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications 2nd Quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Nov 2015
Three entities of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) presented their second quarter 2015/16 performance reports. The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) focused on the efforts it was making to automate its systems and aim for a paperless organisation. It had also reintroduced the traditional Call Centre and ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
South African Council for Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction briefing; Promotion & Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: Committee Report
4 Nov 2015
The Committee met to hear a presentation on the mechanisms in place to regulate the trade of controlled goods that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction, whether those weapons are nuclear, chemical, or biological. The presentation explained the structure of the Non-Proliferation Council (NPC), which many government ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: adoption; Minister on Centurion Aerospace Village & African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA)
3 Nov 2015
The Committee met to adopt the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill with amendments. The Chairperson first read through all the proposed amendments to the original Bill, which the Committee accepted. During voting on each clause of the Bill, the Democratic Alliance voiced its opposition to the Bill, and unsuccessfully ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement of 2002 to Institutionalise SACU Summit: consideration of Amendments
28 Oct 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry convened for briefing and consideration of the amendments to the Annex on the Institutionalisation of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit. The Committee also deliberated its programme for the third quarter of 2015.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) highlighted the background, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: flagged clauses
27 Oct 2015
The Committee met to hear responses from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and legal advisors on the remaining flagged clause in the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill.
The Committee heard in depth legal analysis of the case law pertinent to the Freedom Front Plus submission calling for ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: deliberations
21 Oct 2015
The Committee met to revisit changes made to the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill (PPIB) before the constituency break. The Committee went through the Title, Preamble, and fifteen clauses of the Bill and either agreed to previous changes or flagged areas for further discussion. Contentious issues included Member submissions ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Industry Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee sat to finalise and adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Members expressed concern about was described as the absurdly short length of time given for this process and the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: DTI response to submissions (cont)
22 Sep 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) went through its response to public submissions clause by clause and presented the proposed changes it was prepared to make based on the public submissions. The Committee considered the DTI’s responses clause by clause, accepted some proposals for the time being, and flagged ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: public hearings; Trade, EU-SA Development & Cooperation Agreement (TDCA): Additional Protocol Croatia to the European Union
9 Sep 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) briefed the Committee on the Additional Protocol to the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA). South Africa had acceded to this Protocol, which came into force in 2004 and gained full implementation in 2012. Essentially, it had increased trade between South Africa and ...