An important forum for discussing competition policy issues is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with its Competition Committee and its two working groups on “Competition and Regulation” and “International Cooperation”.

The Competition Committee and its working groups meet three times a year. Once every year, at the Conference of the Competition Committee, the Global Forum on Competition is held with a larger group of participants, at which the OECD members exchange views and experience with delegates from emerging economies and developing countries. The Bundeskartellamt and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology take an active part in the Competition Committee.