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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
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Policy Brief on the draft bill for a Competition Law Digitisation Act

Policy Brief | Issue 4 | 29 January 2020


In its fourth policy brief, the Monopolies Commission discusses the draft bill for a Tenth Act to amend the Act against Restraints of Competition for a focused, proactive and digital competition law 4.0 (Competition Law Digitisation Act).

  • The new types of abuse for companies with paramount cross-market significance should not be introduced in haste.
  • In the case of exploitative abuses, a causal link between dominant position and abusive behavior should still be present.
  • The companies affected by the proceedings should be required by law to cooperate more strongly if effective enforcement by the antitrust authorities cannot otherwise be ensured.
  • An increase in the merger notification thresholds and the associated lowering of competition protection should be combined with a targeted increase of merger review in regional markets.

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11th Sector Report Post (2019): The amendment to the Postal Act: New opportunities for competition

Sector Report pursuant to Sec. 44 of the Postal Services Act, Bonn, 3 December 2019


  • Competition on the letter market remains insufficient, while it is intensifying on the parcel market
  • Control of abuse of dominance on the letter market should be intensified
  • Consumer protection is to be strengthened by improving the approval procedure for letter postage and by introducing binding conciliation procedures

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11th Sector Report Telecommunications (2019): Governmental Restraint in Network Deployment

Sector Report pursuant to Sec. 121(2) of the German Telecommunications Act, Bonn, 3 December 2019


  • The priority of private investment in broadband deployment should be maintained. State aid should be moderate and targeted where deployment by market players does not take place.
  • The planned fixed-network subsidies in "grey areas" need to be adapted in order to prevent large-scale crowding out of private investments in the fixed network. Gigabit vouchers should be used to strengthen demand.
  • To improve mobile communications coverage, the deployment in previously unserved areas should be put out to tender in a competitive procedure.

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