Policy Brief on competition in the food supply chains
February 8 2024 In its thirteenth Policy Brief, the Monopolies Commission recommends that interventions in agricultural markets or food supply chains to strengthen the market position of farmers should only be made cautiously and on a clear factual basis. read more
Achieving gigabit targets through competition!
December 13 2023 In its 13th sector report on telecommunications, the Monopolies Commission makes recommendations regarding infrastructure competition and (open) access to fiber networks, the acceleration of procedures at the Federal Network Agency and the extension of mobile network spectrum, among other things. read more
Fostering competition to modernize the postal sector!
December 13 2023 In its 13th report on the postal sector, the Monopolies Commission makes recommendations regarding the shape of the universal service, the preservation of competitions advantages in the declining mail delivery sector and the enforcement of labor and social law in the postal sector. read more
Energy 2023: Using competition to overcome the crisis
October 09 2023 In its 9th Energy Sector Report, the Monopolies Commission makes recommendations on security of supply in the gas markets, the development of a competitive capacity market in the electricity sector and the further expansion of charging infrastructure, among other things. read more
CPO-Concentration
October 09. 2023 The Monopolies Commissions tool provides an overview of provider concentration in publicly accessible charging infrastructure. read more
Time to GO: Finally quality effective in competition!
12. Mai 2023 Today, the Monopolies Commission presents its 9th Sector Report Railways where it makes recommendations on a realignment of quality regulation and on the design of the planned restructuring of the Deutsche Bahn Group. read more
Policy Brief on the ”Fair Share“-Debate
12. Mai 2023 In its twelfth policy brief, the Monopolies Commission does not consider a regulatory intervention to be justified that forces OTT providers to pay telecommunications companies. read more
Development of concentration among companies
July 05, 2022 In view of the concentration potential of the digital transformation and a possible upcoming weak economic phase, developments in Germany should continue to be closely monitored. read more
Decision practice in competition law
July 05, 2022 In its Biennial Report, the Monopolies Commission analyses the years 2020 and 2021 and makes various recommendations, inter alia, on a further-reaching privileged treatment of immunity recipients under civil law.read more
Outlook for the 11th GWB amendment
July 05, 2022 The Monopolies Commission recommends strengthening sector inquiries and unbundling as a last resort in sectors that have been entrenched for a long time.read more
Sustainability and competition
July 05, 2022 Sustainable cooperation agreements need to be assessed under competition law to prevent greenwashing – The Monopolies Commission does not support a general exemption for such cooperations.read more
Digital ecosystems
July 05, 2022 The Monopolies Commission is in favor of measures to make the DMA more effective, but currently against unbundling irrespective of abuse.read more
Hospital care post Covid-19
30. May 2022
Reorganizing Competition,
Planning and Financing
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