The Portuguese Competition Authority will host the IV Lisbon Conference on 22-23 October 2015. The program of the conference includes panels on leniency and other means of detecting cartels, restrictions by object and by effect, public procurement, and innovative technologies and business models. The IV Lisbon Conference will also examine common issues for competition authorities […]

The Spanish National Authority for Competition and Markets and the Portuguese Competition Authority held their sixth annual bilateral meeting earlier this month at the Iberian Competition Forum. Agency officials discussed case coordination, the role of chief economists, priorities and recent changes for each agency, and a staff exchange program.  In particular, the agencies will continue […]

Earlier this month, the new Portuguese Competition Act came into force. The new Competition Act marks a new era for competition enforcement and advocacy in Portugal with reinforced investigative powers for the Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA), a renewed Leniency Programme, greater harmonisation between Portuguese merger control and the EU Merger Regulation and a new framework […]

  Take a look – the Portuguese Autoridade da Concorrencia has a new-look website. See the homepage in Portuguese and English. Well done!

  Many competition agencies offer subscriptions to electronic newsletters or email alerts about their activities and news. Here are a few examples: Portugal Australia European Union Ireland Poland Ukraine United Kingdom Zambia Sweden South Africa

The Agency Effectiveness Working Group (AEWG) has prepared a handbook chapter on agency strategic planning and prioritization, addressing the objectives of strategic plans, the prerequisites of and constraints related to effective strategic planning, internal processes and external consultations, communication on strategic planning, and the use of prioritization criteria and the process of prioritization. The chapter […]

Today’s Web Wednesday returns the favor and recognizes member agencies that highlight their involvement in the ICN. To varying degrees, member agencies describe their international work, their participation in the ICN and the work of the ICN more generally, post contributions or their ICN templates, or just provide a link to find the ICN. The […]

  On TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010 at 8:00-9:30 Washington DC time, 14:00-15:30 Brussels time, the ICN Merger Working Group will host a teleseminar and webinar, TOOLS FOR CHANGE. Participants will present brief case studies on the role the ICN and its resources have played in helping member agencies and their governments enact changes to their merger […]