Our missions

The Competition Authority is specifically responsible:

• in the field of competition law, for:
  • investigating and sanctioning anti-competitive practices, such as cartels and abuses of a dominant position;
  • analysing, consulting and raising awareness; as well as
  •  assisting the European Commission, where necessary, in monitoring foreign subsidies that distort the functioning of the internal market;

• in the field of digital markets, for:
  
  • regultating platforms to ensure a safe online environment (Digital Services Act - DSA);
  • assisting the European Commission, where necessary, to ensure compliance with the rules governing digital market gatekeepers (Digital Markets Act - DMA);
  • defending the collective interests of business users of online platforms (Platform to Business - P2B);
  • the introduction of class actions on behalf of consumers against professionals who breach the rules of the DMA or the DSA;

• in the agri-food supply chain, where it has the power to protect farmers and small business operators against unfair trading practices (UTP) on the part of their buyers;

• freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services, where it has the power to defend the collective interests of undertakings in the internal market;

• reporting of breaches of the law in a work-related context, where it has the power to receive and follow up external reports from whistleblowers within the Authority's areas of competence.