CONFERENCE: THE OECD COMPETITION COMMITTEE 2022. BEST PRACTICE ROUNDTABLES ON COMPETITION POLICY (OECD. Competition Committee. December 2022)

The OECD Competition Committee promotes regular exchanges of views and analysis on competition policy issues. The proceedings from these discussions, including submissions from countries and invited experts, are published within the Best Practice Roundtables on Competition Policy series.

This document comprises proceedings in the original languages of a Roundtable on Relationships between Regulators and Competition Authorities which was held by the Committee on Competition Law and Policy in December 2022.

Contributions presented at the event focused on the following topics: Competition in energy markets, Data screening tools for competition investigations; The relationship between FDI screening and merger control reviews; Director disqualification and bidder exclusion in competition enforcement; Competition and inflation; The goals of competition policy; Subsidies, competition and trade; Remedies and commitments in abuse cases; and Interactions between competition authorities and sector regulators.

<b>TABLE OF CONTENTS</b>

1. Competition in Energy Markets. Mary Starks and Tamim Kalaji (Flint Global)

2. Data Screening Tools for Competition Investigations. Despina Pachnou and Daniel Westrik (OECD Competition Division)

3. The Relationship between FDI Screening and Merger Control Reviews. Antonio Capobianco and Gaetano Lapenta (OECD Competition Division), Joachim Pohl and Nicolás Rosselot (OECD Investment División)

4. Director Disqualification and Bidder Exclusion in Competition Enforcement. Cristina A. Volpin (OECD Competition Division) and Marina Iskander (Egyptian Competition Authority)

5. Competition and Inflation. Richard May (OECD Competition Division)

6. Subsidies, Competition and Trade. Wouter Meester (OECD Competition Division)

7. Remedies and Commitments in Abuse Cases. Anna Renata Pisarkiewicz (Research Fellow, Florence School of Regulation)

8. Interactions between competition authorities and sector regulators. Federica Maiorano and Marcelo Guimarães (OECD Competition Division)