News - Monopolkommission

China's state capitalism

29 July 2020
The Monopolies Commission makes recommendations to meet the associated challenges for the European market economy by introducing a control of third-country support measures that distort competition (so-called third-country State aid instrument).read more

Competition in the Corona crisis

29 July 2020
The Monopolies Commission deals with the effects of the Corona crisis on competition and makes recommendations in the field of merger and State aid control.read more

Abuse control with regard to online platforms

29 July 2020
The Monopolies Commission advocates fencing in the market power of large digital platforms at the European level by tightening the rules for dominant platforms.read more

Efficient structures in the German hospital sector

29 July 2020
The Monopolies Commission recommends amendments to antitrust law for mergers between hospitals, through which possible quality effects can be recorded more precisely.read more

Concentration among companies

29 July 2020
According to the Monopolies Commission’s concentration report the share of value added of the 100 largest companies in Germany continues its downward trend. At the same time, the Monopolies Commission sees a slight increase in sectoral concentration as well as rising markups in the manufacturing sector.read more

Decision-making practice in competition law

29 July 2020
In its Biennial Report, the Monopolies Commission analyses the decision-making practice in competition law in the years 2018 and 2019 and makes various recommendations in this regard, inter alia, on competition problems in digital markets and in the sports sector.read more

Ministerial Authorization

19 August 2019
The Monopolies Commission is critical of ministerial authorization in Miba/Zollern case. read more

Policy Brief on the draft bill for a 10th amendment to the Competition Act

29 January 2020
In its fourth policy brief, the Monopolies Commission discusses the draft bill for a Competition Law Digitisation Act.read more

Sector Report on Telecommunications Markets

3 December 2019
The Monopolies Commission has published its 11th Sector Report on the telecommunications markets. read more

Sector Report on Postal Markets

3 December 2019
The Monopolies Commission welcomes the key points of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy for an amendment to the Postal Act and makes further proposals for the reform. read more

Policy Brief on the draft of the Fair Health Insurance Competition Act

21 November 2019
The Monopolies Commission welcomes the government draft of the Fair Health Insurance Competition Act and recommends further steps. read more

Sector Report on Energy Markets

18 September 2019
The Monopolies Commission presents its 7th sector report on energy markets.read more

Sector Report on German railway markets

July 25, 2019
The Monopolies Commission recommends in its 7th Sector Report on German railway markets „Quality and Competition on the Railway“ that the regulatory framework needs to be revised to strengthen competition and to enhance the quality of the German railway markets. read more

Conditions and perspectives in the German health insurances system

Special Report by the Monopolies Commission pursuant to Section 44(1)(4) ARC, 7 March 2017

The Monopolies Commission criticizes competition deficits in statutory and private health insurance, which reduce the efficiency of the health insurance system and burden the insureds with unnecessary cost.
The Monopolies Commission argues for more leeway for the health care management in statutory health insurance and advocates developing the risk adjustment scheme (Risikostrukturausgleich) further to eliminate distortions of competition.
The Monopolies Commission proposes a concept for rendering the change of private health insurance providers more attractive and recommends to facilitate the combination of tariffs whenever private insurers merge.

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