Mergers

Non-OECD observers to the Competition Committee

20-Jun-2011

At its October 2011 session, the Committee will review applications received by 29 July 2011 from non-members to become observers to the Competition Committee for the 2012-2013 biennium. The reviews will be based on the strategy document adopted in 2005.  

Competition Law and Policy in the Czech Republic (Policy Brief)

14-Nov-2008

Competition law and policy in the Czech Republic have converged on European practices. Since the OECD review of Czech competition policy in 2001, the country has joined the European Union, while the Czech Competition Act has been revised and now closely follows the substantive terms and enforcement methods of the European Commission.

What is Competition on the Merits? (Policy Brief)

07-Jul-2006

There is broad agreement among competition agencies from OECD countries that the purpose of competition policy is to protect competition, not competitors. In pursuing that objective, many agencies and courts have repeatedly used the phrase “competition on the merits” to explain and justify their views on how to distinguish conduct that harms competition from conduct that advances it. Yet that phrase has never been satisfactorily defined.