Promoting Compliance with Competition - Law Competition Policy Roundtable - OECD

Are criminal penalties an effective deterrent to cartels in all jurisdictions? What are the innovative methods used by competition authorities to promote compliance ? This publication compiles documents from a roundtable discussion held in 2011 on the topic.

Annual Reports by Competition Agencies on recent developments

OECD members and selected countries are invited every year to submit to the Competition Committee a report on their latest developments of competition law and policy.

Remedies in Merger Cases - Competition Policy Roundtable - OECD

What are the benefits and drawbacks of structural versus behavioural remedies for mergers? To which type of merger should each category apply? Designing effective remedies to counterbalance the anti-competitive effects of certain mergers is a challenging task for Competition Authorities, particularly for mergers with cross-border impact.

Economic Evidence in Merger Analysis - Competition Policy Roundtable - OECD

How can Competition Authorities use economic evidence to effectively assess the potential anti-competitive effects of any given merger? How systematic should such an analysis be, and how reliable are its results? Are there lessons to be drawn from the various Best Practice Guidelines developed by a number of national jurisdictions?

Related Documents

• Best Practice Roundtables on Competition Policy

Procedural Fairness: Competition Authorities, Courts and Recent Developments - Competition Policy Roundtable - OECD

Which role do courts play in the private enforcement of competition law? How do legal systems and standards of review in competition cases vary across national jurisdictions? What are the recent developments at national level to ensure transparency and fairness of the action of Competition Authorities?

Related Documents

• Best Practice Roundtables on Competition Policy

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.

OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition in Budapest

OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition in Budapest website

Liberalisation and competition interventions in selected sectors

Competition is about increasing choice and efficiency to benefit consumers and make the economy more productive. This applies also to utilities which in many countries have been liberalised (such as electricity, water, railways and telecoms), are subject to regulation (‌banking and other financial services) or where the government plays an important role (healthcare, education and local public services).

International Co-operation and Competition

This page is about the Competition work on International Co-operation and Enforcement.

Procedural Fairness and Transparency - 2012

This publication summarises three roundtable discussions on transparency and procedural fairness held during 2010 and 2011 at OECD Competition meetings.