El Salvador’s first competition law took effect on 1 January 2006. The law, following some important amendments in 2007, is sound in most respects. It employs enforcement standards that are consistent with best practices in the worldwide competition community. It provides the new competition...

This report supports the improvement of Thailand’s competition law enforcement by providing an overview of select jurisdictions’ practices concerning merger guidelines, with the view of providing an input for guidance documents to be drafted or amended by the Thai authorities.

This paper highlights some practical approaches for competition authorities pursuing digital platform enforcement cases, given the unique challenges this can involve. It explains the key features of digital platform market dynamics and emphasises the importance of selecting and prioritising...

This paper explores how the basic amount of a fine is calculated, analyses how the basic fine adjustments due to aggravating and mitigating circumstances vary or converge across jurisdictions and reviews several challenges competition authorities often face when levying fines based on the...

The OECD Competition Committee debated the criteria for exempting small enterprises from general prohibitions against cartels in April 1996. This document includes an analytical note by the German Delegation and written submissions from Canada, the European Commission, Japan and Norway, as well...

This report identifies competition enforcement trends based on analysis of data from 16 OECD and non-OECD jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region from 2015 to 2020. It presents key elements of their institutional approaches to competition enforcement, and a unique analysis of their resources...