Competition 2012: Strengthening competition in trade and services

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The Monopolies Commission has submitted its Nineteenth Main Report to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Technology in accordance with Section 44(1) of the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB). The report is entitled “Strengthening Competition in Trade and Services”. The report covers the investigations into business concentration and antitrust decision-making practice required by law. In addition, the Monopolies Commission addresses the planned amendments to antitrust law as well as to postal and railway legislation, and discusses the planned establishment of a market transparency authority. It also examines the regulated markets for gambling and pilotage services. The discussions on these topics are contained in the introductory chapter of the main report. In a separate special chapter, the Monopolies Commission analyses the buyer power of retail enterprises vis-à-vis suppliers in the food industry, based on a recent study of the intensity of competition in food retail markets. The concluding chapter contains a statement on the influence of public planning law on competition in the retail sector.