Professor Dr Tomaso Duso new Chairman of the Monopolies Commission
Bonn, September 25, 2024
Today, the Monopolies Commission unanimously elected Professor Dr Tomaso Duso as the new Chairman of the Monopolies Commission.
Tomaso Duso has been a member of the Monopolies Commission since July 1, 2022. Since 2013, he has headed the Department of Firms and Markets at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Tomaso Duso has been Professor of Empirical Industrial Organization at the Technical University (TU) Berlin since 2018. From 2011 to 2018, he was Professor at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) at HHU Düsseldorf. He is spokesperson of the Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Centre for Economic Studies (CESIfo) as well as member of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy (EAGCP) of the European Commission. Tomaso Duso advises numerous institutions on competition policy issues, including several Directorates-General of the European Commission, the UK and Dutch competition authorities, the OECD and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. His research focuses on applied econometrics in the areas of industrial organization, competition policy, regulation and management.
Tomaso Duso replaces Professor Dr Jürgen Kühling LL.M. as Chairman. Jürgen Kühling was a member of the Monopolies Commission from July 2016 to June 2024 and Chairman from September 2020 to June 2024. His term ended in mid-2024 as scheduled.
Chapter III and IV of the XXV. Biennial Report are now available in English language
Bonn, September 4, 2024
Today, the Monopolies Commission publishes chapter III “An economic test concept for digital ecosystems” and chapter IV “Data access from a competition policy perspective” of the latest XXV. Biennial Report in English language. Both chapters are now available for download.
Biennial Report XXV: Competition 2024
Biennial Report of the Monopolies Commission under § 44(1) ARC, Berlin/Bonn, July 01, 2024
Today, The Monopolies Commission handed over its bi-annual report "Competition 2024" to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. The report sheds light on numerous policy-relevant issues that are crucial for strengthening effective competition in Germany and provides policymakers with concrete recommendations for action. "The digital and socio-ecological transformation in Germany will only succeed if the price-dampening and innovative power of competition is utilized," said the Chairman of the Monopolies Commission, Professor Jürgen Kühling.
Prof. Dr. Rupprecht Podszun new member of the Monopolies Commission – Term of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kühling ends
The German government has appointed Prof. Dr. Rupprecht Podszun as a member of the Monopolies Commission for a term from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028.
New Commission member Rupprecht Podszun has held the Chair of Civil Law, German and European Competition Law at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf since 2016 and is a director of the Institute for Competition Law. From 2013 to 2016, he held the Chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property and Commercial Law at the University of Bayreuth. He has been President of the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) since 2023. His research focuses on antitrust and competition law, in particular with a focus on the media and internet industry, economic activity by the state and interfaces with intellectual property law, law and sustainability. In his successful podcast "Bei Anruf Wettbewerb", he has been providing information on competition policy backgrounds and developments together with the former Chairman of the Monopolies Commission, Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap, for many years.
Prof. Dr. Rupprecht Podszun succeeds Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kühling, who will retire from the Commission on 30 June 2024 after two terms. Prof. Kühling was a member of the Monopolies Commission from July 2016 to June 2024 and its Chairman from September 2020 to June 2024. During his membership, the Commission dealt with important issues including the digital and socio-ecological transformation. These involved the handling of digital ecosystems, data access and the Digital Markets Act, as well as competition problems in healthcare markets and the distortion of competition in international trade due to subsidies granted to state-owned and private companies in China. The Monopolies Commission's reports on the regulated railways, energy, telecommunications and post sectors should also be mentioned, as well as its opinion on the online activities of public broadcasters. The Commission would like to express its special thanks to Prof. Kühling for his commitment to competition.
