Highlights

AdC at parlamentary hearing
 

 
The president of the Competition Authority, Margarida Matos Rosa, was heard by the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on the Payment of Excessive Income to Producers of Electricity.
 
Read the initial statement and presentation here (in Portuguese only)
 
 
AdC publishes its Competition Policy Priorities for 2019
 

 
Among the competition policy priorities for 2019, established by the President of the AdC, is the detection and investigation of anticompetitive practices, namely cartels. As a means of achieving this, the AdC will continue its campaign on Fighting Bid-rigging in Public Procurement, but also seeking cooperation agreements which provide access to data. There will also be a greater focus on new methods of coordination between companies and abuse of dominance using, for example, algorithms or artificial intelligence.
 

 
 
Open seminar on 'giant' corporations and their impact on competition
 


  
In his talk at the AdC seminar series on the incentives to innovate in asymmetric industries, such as those in the digital space where typically tech “giants” interact with smaller firms, Luís Cabral highlighted the implications for competition policy given the nature and dynamics of innovation in the market.
V Conferência de Lisboa V Lisbon Conference
Portal de Denúncias Complaints Portal
Conheça o Programa de Clemência Know the Leniency Program Combate ao Conluio na Contratação Pública Fight on Bid Ridding in Public Procurement
Fair Play Fair Play
Guia para Associação de Empresas Guide for Business Associations