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Disentangling Consummated Mergers – Experiences and Challenges

In June 2022, the OECD held a roundtable on Disentangling Consummated Mergers – Experiences and Challenges, looking at remedial actions available to competition authorities when they have the power to review mergers, which they have reviewed and approved already ex ante, but later resulted in anti-competitive effects, and mergers that fell below notification thresholds and that resulted in anti-competitive effects once consummated.

Purchasing Power and Buyers' Cartels

In June 2022, the OECD held a roundtable on purchasing power and buyers' cartels. This roundtable explored how authorities approach issues relating to purchasing power, with a particular focus on buyers’ cartels.

Market Power in the Digital Economy and Competition Policy

In June 2022, the OECD held a roundtable on the concept of market power in the digital economy, looking at challenges related to assessing digital firms’ market power & some new concepts that have been proposed to capture specific digital competition concerns. It examined whether there are emerging divergences in jurisdictions’ approach to market power concerns, particularly given recent digital sector regulatory proposals.

Regulatory Reform in Brazil

Thinking out of the Competition Box: Enforcement Co-operation in Other Policy Areas

In June 2022, the OECD held a Hearing on Thinking out of the Competition Box: Enforcement Co-operation in Other Policy Areas, continuing the work stream that was started with the 2021 OECD/ICN Report on International Competition Enforcement Co-operation, and the 2022 monitoring of the implementation of the OECD Recommendation on Co-operation in Competition Enforcement Proceedings.

Interim Measures in Antitrust Investigations

In June 2022, the OECD held a roundtable on Interim Measures in Antitrust Investigations. This Roundtable explored the principles and standards for imposing interim measures. The topic was again explored during the 2023 OECD Competition Open Day, an event open to the public. Watch the session on replay.

Competition and Regulation in the Provision of Local Transportation Services

In June 2022, the OECD held a roundtable on Competition and Regulation in the Provision of Local Transportation Services looking at models for provision of local public transport and how new technologies affect competition in the market, exploring governance & institutional aspects, competitive opportunities brought by new means of transport & challenges arising from competitive tendering. This page contains all related materials.

Transparency and procedural fairness in competition law enforcement

Transparent and fair processes are essential to achieving effective and efficient co-operation in competition law enforcement. The OECD Competition Committee has chosen the topic as one of its areas of study for the next years to come. This page contains relevant materials.

OECD-CCL Workshop on Hub-and-Spoke Cartels

Riga, 11-12 May 2022: An OECD Workshop for Competition Officials in co-operation with the Latvian Competition Council (CCL), on "Hub and Spoke Cartels". Read more about this workshop.

Continuing Education and Training and the EU Framework on State Aid - Implications for the Public Higher Education Sector in Brandenburg