Effective co-operation with sector regulators is an important element to promote competition in regulated sectors. While the objectives pursued by competition authorities and sector regulators are often aligned, differences in the substantive rules they apply and different perspective on the same matters may lead to diverging outcomes. In addition, even when competition authorities and sector regulators pursue the same objective of promoting competition in a sector, there are situations when the respective mandates are not clear and the institutional set-up does not foster co-operation between different authorities.
In December 2022, the Global Forum on Competition held a roundtable discussion on practical insights into the co-operation between competition authorities and sector regulators on enforcement cases.
This page contains all related documentation.
The key findings of the discusion can be accessed here, a detailed summary here and below, all session information and materials including contributions from participating delegations and speakers.
