OECD Recommendation on Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement

On 17 July 2012, the OECD Council adopted a Recommendation on Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement, which together with the Guidelines, will help sensitise governments to assess their public procurement laws and practices at all levels in order to promote more effective procurement and reduce the risk of bid rigging in public tenders.

Recommendations and Best Practices on Competition Law and Policy

The OECD Council has adopted a number of non-binding Recommendations on competition law and policy. In addition, the Competition Committee has adopted Best Practices. These Recommendations and Best Practices are often catalysts for major change by governments.

Anticompetitive practices affecting international trade - OECD Recommendation concerning co-operation between OECD countries

International co-operation between OECD countries on anticompetitive practices affecting international trade has been in operation for more than 40 years based on a series of Council Recommendations which have been elaborated and progressively refined by the Competition Committee.

OECD Guiding Principles for Regulatory Quality and Performance

The Guiding Principles for Regulatory Quality and Performance provide guidance for government action to ensure that regulations, and government asset management, in regulated sectors are of high quality and appropriately promote competition and markets. They were adopted by the OECD Council in April 2005. Several policy committees, including the Competition Committee’s Working Party on Competition and Regulation, participated in their

OECD Recommendation on Merger Review

The OECD Recommendation on Merger Review aims to contribute to greater convergence of merger review procedures, including cooperation among competition authorities, towards internationally recognised best practices.

Recommendation concerning Structural Separation in Regulated Industries

Some regulated firms risk operating simultaneously in a non-competitive activity and a potentially competitive complementary activity. This Recommendation calls for carefully balancing the benefits and costs of structural measures against the benefits and costs of behavioural measures.

Recommendation concerning Effective Action against Hard Core Cartels

Adopted on 25 March 1998, this Recommendation advises member countries to ensure that their competition laws effectively halt and deter hard core cartels by providing for effective sanctions and adequate enforcement procedures and institutions to detect and remedy hard core cartels.

1998 - Recommendation on Effective Action against Hard Core Cartels

This Recommendation was adopted by the Council of the OECD on 25 March 1998.

Related Documents

• Statement of the Association by non-members with the OECD Council Recommendation on Effective Action Against Hard Core Cartels

Recommendation on Competition Policy and Exempted or Regulated Sectors

The 1979 Recommendation on Competition Policy and Exempted or Regulated Sectors urges Member countries to undertake periodic reviews of regulations and related exemptions from competition law in order to assess, with the participation of competition authorities, a) whether the initial reasons or circumstances which gave rise to regulations, or to particular aspects thereof, remain valid under contemporary conditions; b) the extent to

1971 - Recommendation of the Council concerning Action Against Inflation

This Recommendation was adopted by the Council of the OECD on 14 December 1971.