Publications & Documents

OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum 2022

28-29 September 2022 - The annual OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum brings together government, business and civil society stakeholders to address the benefits and risks of blockchain for our economies and societies, identify good policy and regulatory approaches, and investigate uses in specific policy areas.

Competition Agency Leaders Executive Programme (CALEP)

The Competition Agency Leaders Executive Programme (CALEP) is a yearly executive training programme, co-organised by the OECD and CRESSE and taught by eminent competition professors, lawyers, economists and members of the OECD secretariat.

Assessment of the links between the European National Recovery and Resilience Plans and the OECD PMR Indicators

Assessment of the links between the European National Recovery and Resilience Plans and the OECD PMR Indicators

Integrating Consumer Behaviour Insights in Competition Enforcement

In June 2022, the OECD held a roundtable on Integrating Consumer Behaviour Insights in Competition Enforcement which explored how competition authorities use behavioural insights in competition cases, with a view to better taking into account how people behave in reality and what biases may affect their decision making.

Disentangling Consummated Mergers – Experiences and Challenges

In June 2022, the OECD will hold 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.

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.

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.

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. It looked at key policy considerations when assessing whether to adopt (or to seek the adoption of) interim measures and it explored the interplay between interim measures and other enforcement tools.