6-December-2023
English
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.
5-December-2023
English
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.
4-December-2023
English
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.
4-December-2023
English
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.
23-November-2023
English
Market studies provide competition authorities with an in-depth understanding of how markets work. Since various practices of market studies across jurisdictions exist, the topic has became one of the OECD Competition Committee's areas of study for the next years to come.
22-novembre-2023
Français
La 6ème Journée de la concurrence de l'OCDE aura lieu le 6 mars 2024. Cet événement annuel est gratuit et ouvert à l'ensemble de la communauté de la concurrence et à ceux qui s'intéressent aux travaux de l'OCDE dans ce domaine.
8-November-2023
English
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.
6-November-2023
English
View the list of competition meetings organised by the OECD Competition Committee, its working parties, international forums and regional centres for competition.
23-October-2023
English
Published twice a year, this newsletter reports on the activities of the OECD Regional Centre for Competition in Latin America. It shares regional experiences and recent developments from the economies in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
11-October-2023
Albanian
The 2018 CLIP Competition Primers for ASEAN Judges are a series of information sheets designed to offer practical guidance to members of the judiciary when analysing competition cases in their courts.