Competition authorities assume a crucial and challenging mission: protecting competition in the markets. This mission requires intensive evidence and data gathering. To meet this end, competition authorities are armed with various investigative powers ranging from voluntary interviews to searches in non-business premises.
In November 2018, the Global Forum on Competition allowed participants to discuss practical issues and share best practices regarding the use of investigative powers through three breakout sessions.
- Breakout Session 1 : Unannounced Inspections on the Digital Age discussed challenges and best practices regarding unnannounced inspections in a world where information is mostly produced and stored digitally.
- Breakout Session 2: Requests for Information: Limits and Effectiveness, explored requests for information, one of the most often used investigative powers, and
- Breakout Session 3: Due Process in relation to Evidence Gathering focussed on due process and the protection of rights of subjects and third parties without hindering effective investigations.
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