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The Competition Committee, made up of the leaders of the world's major competition authorities, is the premier source of policy analysis and advice to governments on how best to harness market forces in the interests of greater global economic efficiency and prosperity.
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25-Jun-2009
Competition authorities wishing to become an Observer in the OECD Competition Committee for the period 2010-2011 should submit their applications to the OECD by 31 July 2009. The Committee’s criteria for observership were adopted in 2005 and are set forth here. The Committee will review applications at its October 2009 session.
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23-Jun-2009
The OECD’s Competition Committee debated competition issues in the current
financial crisis on 17-18 February 2009. This document presents two key
documents from that event: an Executive Summary which draws on the debate and
the written materials and the Background Paper for the discussion. The full set of
materials from the event, including national contributions and a summary of the
discussion, can be found at www.oecd.org/competition/roundtables.
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18-Jun-2009
This report describes issues that must be addressed to restore public confidence in financial markets and to put incentives in place to encourage a prudent balance between risk and the search for return in (broadly-defined) banking.
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12-Mar-2009
The Guidelines, which draw on the experience of more than 30 countries, provide the most comprehensive strategy available today for designing tenders to hinder bid rigging conspiracies and for uncovering existing conspiracies. They can be applied in a decentralised manner across government at both national and local levels and are simple enough for use by officials with no specialised economics or competition policy training.
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02-Mar-2009
This Issue includes: Cartels - Sanctions against individuals; Prosecuting cartels without direct evidence of agreement; Korea - Updated report on competition law and institutions
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19-Feb-2009
Governments must resist protectionism and keep markets open to competition as they seek ways to get their economies going again, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
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from 19-Feb-2009 to 20-Feb-2009
The 8th OECD Global Forum on Competition brought together senior competition officials from around the world to discuss the importance of competition and the role of competition authorities in the global economy, including: potential conflicts between competition policy and national champions; the impact of the informal economy on competitive markets; the balance between the public interest and competition policy in times of economic crisis; and how young competition agencies can best learn from more experienced colleagues.
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12-Nov-2008
We are seeking your input to our work on competition issues. The data collected will be used only to improve our documents and website. Please visit our survey site, and give us your evaluation on our work.
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30-Oct-2008
El Salvador’s first competition law took effect on 1 January 2006. Jointly published by OECD and the IDB, this report reviews competition laws and policies in El Salvador since that date and provides recommendations for further reforms. This report is also available in Spanish.
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23-Jun-2008
This roundtable focused on how competition authorities can provide businesses with effective guidance on monopolization and abuse of dominance. While some uncertainty over the reach of rules prohibiting anticompetitive unilateral conduct is inevitable, authorities responsible for the enforcement of antitrust laws must strive to provide as much transparency as possible as to their enforcement policies so that businesses can plan and invest with some predictability.
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16-May-2008
This roundtable addressed the recurring synergies that mergers sometimes create. These synergies, or “efficiencies,” can have very potent beneficial effects but are devilishly difficult to identify and measure. The Committee focused on dynamic efficiencies that facilitate or encourage innovation.
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