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Directorate General for Competition

Mission statement

Under the authority of Ms Neelie Kroes, Commissioner responsible for Competition Policy, the mission of the Directorate General for Competition is to enforce the competition rules of the Community Treaties, in order to ensure that competition in the EU market is not distorted and that markets operate as efficiently as possible, thereby contributing to the welfare of consumers and to the competitiveness of the European economy. More…


Structure and staff

  • DG Competition is headed by Philip Lowe
  • Organigram en fr pdf
  • The Chief Competition Economist works in DG Competition, reporting directly to the Director General to provide independent economic advice on cases and policy.
  • The Hearing Officers, Mr Michael Albers and Ms Karen Williams are independent of the Directorate General for Competition and report directly to the Competition Commissioner. Their mission is to ensure due process, to safeguard the parties, procedural rights, and to contribute to the quality of the decision-making in EC Antitrust and Merger proceedings.

Job opportunities

Information on other job opportunities in the European Commission is available in the European Careers website.

Annual Report on Competition Policy

This report gives an overview of the most important policy and legislative initiatives and decisions adopted by the European Commission in application of EU competition law.


Annual Management Plan

The annual management plan is the work programme of the Directorate-General. Its purpose is twofold: it translates the priority initiatives and the strategic objectives of the Commission into concrete operations. It also provides an instrument enabling the management to plan, follow up and report on all the activities and resources of the DG.


Annual Activity Report

The annual activity report presents the achievements reached and corresponding resources used by the DG during one year's activities. It is the "mirror" of the annual work programme. It is also a management report of the Director-General to the Commission on the performance of his duties as Authorising officer by delegation, in the management of the EU budget.


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Visiting address

European Commission
DG Competition
Rue Joseph II / Jozef II straat 70
1000 Bruxelles/Brussel
BELGIQUE/BELGIË

  • A map is available here pdf