23-June-2022
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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.
22-June-2022
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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.
22-June-2022
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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.
21-June-2022
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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.
20-June-2022
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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.
1-June-2022
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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.
16-March-2022
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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.
3-December-2021
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In December 2021, the OECD held a roundtable on news media and digital platforms, looking at the use and monetisation of news content, and the collection and use of users’ data, as well as digital platforms’ impact on news consumption and on incentives to amplify viral content, considering whether these issues can be addressed through competition law.
2-December-2021
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In December 2021, the OECD held a roundtable on ex-ante regulation and competition in digital markets, to address issues related to ex-ante regulation: data privacy, consumer protection, the role of fairness, innovation, and economic concentration, and their trade-offs with competition.
1-December-2021
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In December 2021, the OECD held a roundtable on environmental considerations in competition enforcement, exploring how competition authorities can integrate economic and non-economic environmental effects into competitive assessment and what legal and economic tools are suitable for such analysis.