16. December 2021 In its 12th Sector Report on telecommunications, the Monopolies Commission makes recommendations on the copper-fiber migration process, mobile communications frequency allocation, and interpersonal telecommunications services, among other things.read more
Competition with new momentum!
16. December 2021 In its 12th Postal Sector Report, the Monopolies Commission recommends a fundamental reform of the German Postal Act and looks at Amazon's role in the parcel market.read more
Recommendations for an effective and efficient Digital Markets Act
5. October 2021 The Monopolies Commission shows how the Digital Markets Act can more specifically protect competition in digital markets to the benefit of consumers.read more
Competition for electricity exchanges, electric vehicle charging and hydrogen infrastructure
1. September 2021 In its 8th Energy Sector Report, the Monopolies Commission makes recommendations, among other things, on the development of infrastructures for electric vehicle charging points and hydrogenread more
Competition on the rail!
21. July 2021 In its 8th Rail Sector Report, the Monopolies Commission recommends, among other things, the introduction of competition-neutral measures in dealing with the Covid 19 consequences and in designing the Deutschlandtakt.read more
Policy Brief on the Digital Markets Act (DMA)
06. July 2021 In its eighth policy brief, the Monopolies Commission recommends that the proposed EU regulation for a digital markets act (DMA) should be more closely aligned with ecosystems acting across markets.Read more
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
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
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
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.
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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
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