Publications & Documents

International co-operation in competition

Globalisation, the increasing significance of emerging economies, the borderless nature of the growing digital economy, and the proliferation of competition regimes have caused a significant increase in the complexity of cross-border competition law enforcement co-operation. The OECD and its Competition Committee take a leading role in shaping the framework for international co-operation among competition enforcement agencies.

OECD Recommendation concerning International Co-operation on Competition Investigations and Proceedings

International co-operation between competition authorities has been at the core of the OECD agenda for many years. On 16 September 2014 the OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on International Enforcement Co-operation in Competition Investigations and Proceedings. The Recommendation represents a cornerstone for the creation of an effective international co-operation system between competition enforcers.

Competitive neutrality in competition policy

Governments can affect the way markets function, sometimes to the detriment of free competition. Ensuring a level playing field is therefore essential to allow competition to work properly. This page gathers the work of the OECD Competition Committee throughout the years on the challenges arising from state interventions in the market and what competition authorities can do to address the distortions that they can create.

OECD Handbook on Competition Policy in the Digital Age

This Handbook highlights the key messages from the extensive body of OECD work in this area and provides links to all of our digital competition work, making it easier to explore existing resources available on over 40 topics. It also explores the road ahead for digital competition policy, including the need for co-ordination among jurisdictions as they transition from diagnosing concerns, to implementing solutions. More at oe.cd/cpda

Competition policy in the digital age

Digitalisation is reshaping competitive dynamics in the economy, creating new markets and transforming existing ones. This presents a multifaceted challenge for competition authorities. This handbook and interactive website provide access to the extensive work undertaken by the OECD to address these issues through the Competition Committee, the Global Forum on Competition and the Latin America and Caribbean Competition Forum.

OECD Regional Centre for Competition in Latin America in Lima

The OECD Regional Centre for Competition in Latin America is a joint venture between the Peruvian Competition Authority and the OECD. Launched in November 2019, the Centre expands the OECD's work on competition in Latin America. See more about the centre.

Mapping data portability initiatives, opportunities and challenges

OECD Asia-Pacific Competition Law Enforcement Trends

13 December 2021 - The report outlines key elements of the legal competition regimes and institutional approaches to competition enforcement in 16 Asia-Pacific jurisdictions and analyses the competition resources and enforcement activity of the respective competition authorities from 2015 to 2020.

The Role of Firms in Wage Inequality - Policy Lessons from a Large Scale Cross-Country Study

Sectoral PMR 2018 Database

Sectoral PMR 2018 Database