Joaquin Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy, recently gave a speech titled “Looking back at five years of competition enforcement in the EU.”

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets recently made some changes to its leniency program related to the reduction of fines. Read about the changes here.

The Canadian Competition Bureau has released a white paper which provides an analysis of the economics tools and techniques the Bureau uses when investigating retail mergers. The paper also discusses the techniques the Bureau uses to define the relevant product and geographic markets and addresses how the Bureau estimates the competitive effects that a particular […]

UK CMA Chief Executive, Alex Chisholm recently gave a speech titled “CMA: how we intend to use market investigations to extend the frontiers of competition.”

The New Zealand Commerce Commission recently launched a new website aimed at helping the health sector understand more about competition and consumer laws and what they need to do to comply. The new health sector website is health.comcom.govt.nz.

In a recent article titled “Interactive Guidance and Other Outreach Efforts by the Swedish Competition Authority,” the Swedish Competition Authority outlines its outreach efforts within procurement and competition law. The article focuses on the interactive guidance for companies wishing to collaborate in procurement.

The 2014 Competition Commission of Singapore Animation Contest concluded with the presentation of prizes to the winners at the award ceremony on 9 July. The annual contest is an opportunity for students to explain the Competition Act in a creative way. Read more about the competition and watch the winning entries here!

The Federal Competition Authority of Austria is organising a Competition Conference in Vienna on 11th & 12th December 2014. The focus of this conference is to create a forum for expert discussions on the topic of investigations and related issues, such as best practices in interviews, inspections and their legal boundaries, settlements in cartel cases […]

The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (AMO) describes recent amendments to the Slovak competition law, including impacts on merger notification, settlements, and its leniency program.

The Spanish National Authority for Competition and Markets and the Portuguese Competition Authority held their sixth annual bilateral meeting earlier this month at the Iberian Competition Forum. Agency officials discussed case coordination, the role of chief economists, priorities and recent changes for each agency, and a staff exchange program.  In particular, the agencies will continue […]