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High-Level Meeting of Representatives of Asia-Pacific Competition Authorities

This annual meeting offers senior regulators in the Asia-Pacific region the opportunity to share and develop their practice and application of competition law and policy, and to generate fresh ways of thinking about existing and novel challenges that face the regulatory community.

Fostering competition in Tunisia

In co-operation with Tunisia, the OECD has conducting reviews of laws and regulations in the tourism and banking sectors in Tunisia.

Competition Market Study of Tunisia's Retail Banking Sector

Serial Acquisitions and Industry Roll-ups

The phenomenon of serial acquisitions has spurred debate around consolidation risks and the potential need for increased scrutiny over such transactions. Despite this, it appears that few jurisdictions’ merger regimes explicitly address them. The OECD roundtable on serial acquisitions and industry roll-ups aimed to shed light on the magnitude of this issue, potential for competitive harms and whether there is an enforcement gap.

Out-of-Market Efficiencies in Competition Enforcement

Out of market efficiencies affect consumers or other economic agents in different markets from those in which anticompetitive effects are alleged to occur in the context of a merger, an anticompetitive conduct, or an agreement. This OECD roundtable discussed whether competition authorities should balance the impact on consumers that are directly harmed with beneficial effects that are not specific to the market under consideration.

Competition and Innovation - The Role of Innovation in Enforcement Cases

In June 2023 the OECD held a discussion on the relationship between competition and innovation. In December 2023 a second discussion explored how competition authorities incorporate innovation as part of their assessment in merger review and enforcement investigations.

The Optimal Design, Organisation and Powers of Competition Authorities

Contemporary challenges may require a competition agency to reflect on how it to its internal design. In December 2023, the OECD held a roundtable to discuss the optimal internal set-up, including required skills as well as institutional powers, investigative tools and procedures to address common challenges such as digitalisation, increasing use of data, sustainability concerns and the required support for green policies.

Competition and Professional Sports

In December 2023 the OECD held a roundtable to discuss competition law and the professional sports sector, and specific features of this industry that may raise challenges for competition authorities. A recent increase in this issue by competition authorities worldwide suggests that it is timely to revisit the topic. The roundtable benefited from a panel of invited experts and from a Background Note from the Secretariat.

Digital Economy, Innovation and Competition

The increasing prominence of the digital economy has been requiring competition authorities to devote more and more of their time to intellectual property-intensive and high technology industries. This page contains recent work on the digital economy and competition.

OECD Competition meetings: Calendar of events

View the list of competition meetings organised by the OECD Competition Committee, its working parties, international forums and regional centres for competition.