CADE representatives participate in OECD event on competition defence

From 12 to 16 June, the president of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), Alexandre Cordeiro, the Commissioner Victor Oliveira Fernandes, and the coordinator-general of the Antitrust Analysis Unit 1, Alden Caribé, participated in a week of events at the OECD, in Paris, France. The event brought together jurists, professors, and representatives of antitrust authorities from several countries.

CADE representatives participated in the meetings of Working Party 2, a working group that addresses interface issues between regulation and competition, and Working Party 3, responsible for international cooperation and implementation issues and the OECD Competition Committee. At the event, they presented contributions on algorithmic competition, consumer welfare, new risk theories for digital mergers and the evaluation and communication of benefits in interventions.

The  OECD working groups also discussed Brazilian air and port sectors. The discussion involved the document OECD Competition Assessment Reports: Brazil, produced by CADE in partnership with the organisation and released this past October. The material details the analysis of 230 rules and regulations with the potential to alter the competitive and efficient functioning of markets in the country.

The president of CADE contributed to the roundtable that discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the so-called consumer welfare standard compared to alternative parameters. The debate also included the participation of professors and experts Carl Shapiro (University of California), Nicolas Petit (European University Institute), and Anna Gerbrandy (Utrecht University).

President Cordeiro also participated in a meeting as a member of the OECD Competition Committee Bureau, composed of representatives elected among the antitrust authorities participating in the committee. The bureau suggests working guidelines for the committee and guides the organisation’s secretariat regarding its work plan, especially in planning and management matters.