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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 read more
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Policy Brief on the Digital Markets Act (DMA)

Policy Brief | Issue 8 | 06. July 2021


Today, the Monopolies Commission is presenting its eighth Policy Brief. In this Policy Brief, it addresses the European Commission's proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA).

  • The addressees should be limited in a targeted manner by an ecosystem criterion in Art. 3 DMA.
  • The behavioral obligations of data portability and interoperability should be applied consistently to core functions of core platform services.
  • Self-preferencing in the form of default settings of core platform services within an ecosystem should be prohibited in Art. 5 DMA.

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Webinar: The reform proposals in the EU regarding state capitalism and foreign state subsidies

Bonn, 9 November 2020


On December 4, the Monopolies Commission will host a half-day public webinar. The webinar will focus on third state subsidies and the current proposals for related instruments. In particular, the webinar will provide a forum to discuss the European Commission's White Paper on levelling the playing field as regards foreign subsidies, the instruments proposed in this White Paper and the modifications recommended by the Monopolies Commission, both from a political point of view and that of competition and trade experts.

Speakers will include representatives of the European Commission, the Monopolies Commission, the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) and experts from Germany and major non-European jurisdictions.

The final program of the webinar can be found here (link). Participation is possible with prior registration via email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

 

+++ Zoom-Link to the event will be circulated to all registered attendees on December 2. +++

 

Biennial Report XXIII: Competition 2020

Biennial Report of the Monopolies Commission under § 44(1) ARC, 29 July 2020


Monopolies Commission: Strengthening the competition regime in Europe in times of the Corona crisis, digital change and growing challenges from Chinese state capitalism

Germany has taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union at a time of great challenges for the competition regime in Europe. The Corona crisis poses a lasting threat to economic stability. As a result of recession and structural changes, concentration will increase in many markets. The push in digitalisation that is linked to the crisis will further strengthen the market power of the leading digital companies. China, which supports state and private companies within the framework of its economic policy and influences their activities, additionally constitutes an increasing burden for European companies in the internal market. Strengthening the competition regime in the crisis will be one of the major tasks for Germany’s Presidency of the Council. What is needed is a counter-draft to industrial policy approaches that would permanently damage competition in the internal market and thus endanger a key element of the European economic order.

The Chairman of the Monopolies Commission, Prof. Achim Wambach, Ph.D. observes: “The European internal market is a story of success. Competition in the internal market should be strengthened by new instruments. The German Federal Government can contribute to this by advocating the regulation of platform during its Presidency of the Council. The abuse of market power by dominant platforms must be prevented. In addition, an instrument that is applicable to third country subsidies should be introduced. Its aim is to ensure fair competition between European and, notably, Chinese companies.”

In its Biennial Report “Competition 2020”, the Monopolies Commission makes recommendations on how the competition regime in Germany and Europe can be strengthened. Today, the Monopolies Commission presented its report to the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Peter Altmaier.

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