OECD-AGCM Workshop on Abuse of Dominance in Digital Markets

10-11 October 2019 Rome

This capacity building workshop was held in co-operation with the Italian competition authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, AGCM) and will address competition enforcement against unilateral conduct in digital markets.

The workshop was organised into four sessions, each devoted to different challenges arising from the investigation, analysis and resolution of abuse of dominance cases in digital markets: how to assess market power, how to deal with big data, what are the relevant theories of harm and how to structure remedies in these cases.

Selected national competition authorities shared their insights on these four topic areas, drawing from their practical experience and recent cases. In addition, participants had the opportunity to take part in a practical exercise, which aimed to apply the lessons learned throughout the workshop and to stimulating the discussion on specific points.

The workshop provided participants with a better understanding of the challenges arising in abuse of dominance cases in the digital context, and with solutions from agency practice that can help address them.

RELATED MATERIALS AND LINKS

Quality considerations in the zero-price economy, 2018

Implications of E-commerce for Competition Policy, 2018

Rethinking the use of traditional antitrust enforcement tools in multi-sided markets, 2017

Big data: Bringing competition policy to the digital era, 2017

The Role and Management of Quality in Competition Analysis, 2013

The Digital Economy, 2012

Evidentiary Issues in Proving Dominance, 2006

Remedies and Sanctions in Abuse of Dominance Cases, 2006

Abuse of Dominance and Monopolisation, 1996

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