The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for its generous funding through the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the OECD would like to thank the Commission’s Reform and Investment Taskforce (SG REFORM) for its support and co‑operation throughout the project, as well as the Directorate‑General for Competition (DG COMP) for its participation and contributions.
The report was prepared by the OECD, in close co‑operation with the three beneficiary authorities: the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection of Poland, the Competition Council of Latvia and the Competition Council of the Republic of Lithuania. The OECD team would like to thank them for their support to the project from its inception, for providing timely and quality information, for their availability to discuss and exchange, for reviewing the draft and providing comments, as well as for their continued engagement with the project.
The OECD team is grateful for valuable input from market participants and institutions in Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. The OECD also wishes to acknowledge the valuable support of Dr. Anna Renata Pisarkiewicz and Tomas Savickas, as well as the staff from Similarweb.
This report was prepared by Carolina Abate, Carolina Alessi, Sophie Corea, Luca Orsini and Yuichi Tominaga, from the OECD Competition Division. Richard May contributed his expertise on market studies and reviewed the report together with Ori Schwartz, Head of the OECD Competition Division, who provided overall leadership of the project. Erica Agostinho, from the OECD Competition Division, prepared it for publication.