DG Competition takes part in the OECD Competition Committee (in its Competition Bureau and in its working parties), in the Global Forum on Competition, which meets once a year with non-OECD countries, and in the annual OECD Competition Open Day.
1. Key OECD topics related to competition:
- Transparency and procedural fairness in competition law enforcement
- Competitive neutrality in competition policy
- Digital Economy and Innovation
- Fighting bid rigging in public procurement
2. Recommendations and Best Practices on Competition Law and Policy
3. International cooperation in competition:
- Joint OECD/ICN Report on International Co-operation in Competition Enforcement (2020)
- OECD Recommendation concerning International Co-operation on Competition Investigations and Proceedings (2014)
4. Topics of the most recent OECD discussions (2020-present) to which DG Competition contributed:
2022
- Interim Measures in Antitrust Investigations
- Purchasing Power and Buyers' Cartels
- Market Power in the Digital Economy and Competition Policy
2021
- Environmental considerations in competition enforcement
- Ex Ante regulation and competition in digital markets
- Competition enforcement and regulatory alternatives
- Competition compliance programmes
- The concept of potential competition
- Methodologies to measure market competition
2020
- The Role of Competition Policy in Promoting Economic Recovery
- Competition policy: Time for a reset?
- Economic analysis in merger investigations
- Line of business restrictions as a solution to competition concerns
- Conglomerate effects of mergers
- Consumer data rights and competition
- Start-ups, killer acquisitions and merger control