Superintendency of Industry and Commerce

Superintendency of Industry and Commerce
Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio
Agency overview
Formed3 December 1968 (1968-12-03)[1]
HeadquartersCarrera 13 № 27-00
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budgetCOP$54,085,200,000 (2011)[2]
COP$71,296,085,000 (2012)[3]
COP$94,169,797,000 (2013)[4]
Agency executive
  • Cielo Elainne Rusinque Urrego, Superintendent
Parent agencyMinistry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Websitewww.sic.gov.co

The Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC; Spanish: Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio) is the competition regulator in Colombia. It is the statutory body of Government of Colombia in charge of regulating fair business practices, promoting competitiveness and acting as the Colombian patent and registration office.

  1. ^ "SIC 40 Años Sirviendo al País" [SIC 40 Years Serving the Country]. Boletín Virtual del Sector Commercio, Industria y Turismo (in Spanish) (11). Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. November 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  2. ^ Colombia, Congress of (13 December 2010). "Ley 1420 de 2010" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (47, 922). Bogotá: 29. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). "Ley 1485 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 283). Bogotá: 15. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. ^ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 640). Bogotá: 16. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 6 May 2013.