Organization Profile
The mission of the
Competition Directorate General is to enforce the competition rules of the
Community Treaties in order to ensure that competition in the EU market is
not distorted, thereby contributing to the welfare of consumers and the
competitiveness of the European economy. The Competition DG is headed by
Philip Lowe.
The EC Competition main areas of activity are:
Anti-trust:
Application of articles 81 & 82 of the European Community Treaty and article
65 of the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty;
Merger Control:
Application of Council Regulation 4064/89 on the control of concentrations
between undertakings and of article 66 of the European Coal and Steel
Community Treaty;
Liberalization and State Intervention:
Application of articles 31 and 86 of the European Community Treaty;
State Aid:
Application of articles 86 and 87-89 of the European Community Treaty and
articles 4, 56 and 95 of the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty;
The EC
Competition DG also deals with the international dimension of competition
policy, as partner of the industrially developed countries (i.e. USA, Japan,
Canada, etc.) or as a counselor to countries with transforming economies
(i.e. countries of Eastern and Central Europe).
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