The competition and regulation programme of the Competition Committee works to improve economic regulations and the structures of regulated industries to support the beneficial effects of competition. The introduction of competition can increase consumer choice and enhance efficiency, making sectors more productive and allowing consumers to increase their standard of living.

Committee roundtables focus on industries and cross-cutting thematic issues. Industries examined have included large infrastructure sectors as well as many other sectors in which regulation has strong effects on competition. Cross-cutting issues have included essential facilities, relations between regulators and competition authorities, state-owned enterprises, access pricing, substitute services and universal service obligations.

Many roundtable reports provide a valuable resource for advocating change in a sector, in part by providing policy comparisons across countries. Sectors include agriculture, communications, energy, finance, health, infrastructure and services, the professions and transport. The full list of sector-specific reports is listed here. Also available are in-depth reviews of how a particular country has regulated one or several sectors. See that list here. All roundtable reports are free of charge.

The Committee has also produced a number of freestanding publications in recent years, including a publication on access pricing in telecommunications and on structural separation. The programme's work on structural separation led to a recent OECD Council Recommendation on Structural Separation and contributed to the OECD's 2005 Guiding Principles for Regulatory Quality and Performance.  This was followed by a Report on Experiences with the Structural Separation Recommendation.

Go to the list of the competition committee roundtables by industrial sectors.