Recommendations and Best Practices on Competition Law and Policy

The OECD’s governing Council has adopted a number of non-binding Recommendations on competition law and policy.  In addition, the Competition Committee has adopted Best Practices on information exchange in cartel investigations.  OECD Recommendations and Best Practices are often catalysts for major change by governments.

2005 - OECD Guiding Principles for Regulatory Quality and Performance

2005 - Best Practices for the Formal Exchange of Information Between Competition Authorities in Hard Core Cartel Investigations

2005 - Recommendation of the Council concerning merger review

2001 - Recommendation of the Council concerning structural separation in regulated industries

1998 - Recommendation of the Council concerning effective action against hard core cartels

1995 - Recommendation of the Council concerning co-operation between member countries on anticompetitive practices affecting international trade