Qhnnpttifutn wribunal aJribunal ht la Qhmcurr.ena File no. : CT-2007-001 Registry document no.: 0015
IN THE MAT IER OF the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.C-34, as amended; and the Cornpetition Tribunal Rules, Can. Reg. SOR/94/290;
AND IN THE MATTER OF an application under Section 103.l of the Competition Act by Sears Canada Inc. for leave to make an application under section 75 of the Competition Act relating to a refusal to deal by Parfums Christian Dior Canada lnc. and Parfums Givenchy Canada Ltd.
BETWEEN: Sears Canada Inc. (applicant)
and Parfums Christian Dior Canada Inc. and Parfums Givenchy Canada Ltd. (respondents)
FORMAL NOTICE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 103.1(5) OF THE COMPETITION ACT [1] WHEREAS an application was filed on February 23, 2007 by Sears Canada Inc. pursuant to subsection 103.1(1) of the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34 (the "Act") for an Order for leave to make an application under section 75 of the Act;
[2] AND WHEREAS, pursuant to subsection 103.1(3) of the Act, the Commissioner of Competition certified in a letter filed on February 26, 2007 that this matter is not the subject of an inquiry nor was it the subject of an inquiry that has been discontinued because of a settlement between the Commissioner of Competition and the parties involved;
[3] TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to subsection 103.1(5) of the Act, the Competition Tribunal hereby formally confirms the information already provided in the Tribunal's Notice of Hearing of February 26, 2007, that is to say that it can hear the above-mentioned application for leave to make an application under section 75 of the Act.
DATED at Ottawa, this 2"d day of March, 2007
(s) Sandra J. Simpson
TO: John Rook Solicitor for Sears Canada Inc.
AND TO: Donald Affleck Solicitor for Parfums Christian Dior Canada Inc. and Parfurns Givenchy Canada Ltd.
AND TO: Richard J. Taylor for the Commissioner of Competition