17-July-2012
English, PDF, 651kb
Text of the OECD Recommendation on Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement adopted by the Council on 17 July 2012.
17-July-2012
French, PDF, 780kb
Texte de la Recommandation du conseil de l'OCDE sur la lutte contre les soumissions concertées dans les marchés publics adoptée par le Conseil de l'OCDE le 17 juillet 2012.
17-July-2012
Spanish, PDF, 475kb
Text of the OECD Recommendation on Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement adopted by the Council on 17 July 2012.
11-April-2012
English, PDF, 1,541kb
This Review was prepared as part of the process of Israel’s accession to OECD membership. It highlights some of the key challenges facing Israel in its implementation and enforcement of competition policy. Israel became an OECD member on 7 September 2010.
24-November-2011
English, Excel, 1,818kb
When are horizontal agreements relating to environmental objectives necessary or efficient from a social perspective?When should they be discontinued pursuant to competition concerns? Such agreements can create interesting challenges for competition authorities. On the one hand, they may improve efficiency and consumer welfare, such as by enabling risk sharing and cost savings and by facilitating innovation. On the other hand, they
26-October-2011
English, Excel, 9,595kb
Resorting to crisis cartels would go against the two decade-long trend of tougher enforcement of cartels in developing and industrialised countries. As a practical matter, governments should have the procedures to evaluate such cartels during economic crises. Any exempted cartel should be granted a finite lifetime and be subject to review according to pre-specified criteria. Alternative measures are available to governments that can
7-October-2011
English, Excel, 3,379kb
During the financial crisis many governments aided both the financial and non-financial sectors in their countries on an unprecedented scale. These emergency measures have in some cases taken precedence over competition rules. In particular the fact that governments helped some banks but not others has weakened competition in some markets, with “too big to fail” institutions commanding a higher market share than previously. This has
6-October-2011
English, Excel, 3,147kb
During the financial crisis many governments aided both the financial and non-financial sectors in their countries on an unprecedented scale. These emergency measures have in some cases taken precedence over competition rules. In particular the fact that governments helped some banks but not others has weakened competition in some markets, with “too big to fail” institutions commanding a higher market share than previously. This has
1-September-2011
English, Excel, 2,113kb
During the financial crisis many governments aided both the financial and non-financial sectors in their countries on an unprecedented scale. These emergency measures have in some cases taken precedence over competition rules. In particular the fact that governments helped some banks but not others has weakened competition in some markets, with “too big to fail” institutions commanding a higher market share than previously. This has
12-July-2011
English, Excel, 3,229kb
Information exchanges among competitors increase transparency in the market, which can lead to efficiency enhancing benefits but may also present competition risks. The challenge for competition enforcers is how to approach this conduct within the context of traditional competition laws. The assessment of the legality of information sharing is generally carried out within the context of traditional competition law prohibitions against