The objective of this call for proposals is to co-finance projects aiming to train national judges in the context of enforcing European competition rules. This includes public and private enforcement of both the Antitrust rules and the State aid rules, thereby increasing the knowledge and know-how of national judges. The final aim is to ensure a coherent and consistent application of EU competition law by national courts.
Projects should address at least one of the thematic priorities listed in the documentation but may address more than one.

The European Commission today adopted the proposals for Council decisions to sign and conclude the EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement.
The Competition Cooperation Agreement will be a ‘supplementing agreement' to the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which provides for competition cooperation and coordination and foresees the possibility to enter into a separate agreement on competition cooperation.

The European Commission invites expressions of interest for the role of Non-Governmental Advisors in the International Competition Network (ICN) for the 2025-2026 term.
ICN members collaborate with non-governmental advisors, including academics, industry representatives, consumer groups, trade unions, and private practitioners. This collaboration enriches ICN projects by incorporating diverse perspectives.
We seek to partner with various ICN-NGAs to ensure high-quality contributions based on broad stakeholder experience. Selected ICN-NGAs will actively engage with the European Commission in drafting and revising Working Group outputs, and participating in seminars, webinars, and workshops.
If you are interested in becoming an ICN-NGA and supporting the European Commission, please contact DG Competition at COMP-ICN@ec.europa.eu. The call for interest will be open until 18 June 2025 (close of business).

To mark its 20th Anniversary, the Chief Economist Team is organising a conference that will bring together leading experts to discuss and reflect about competition economics in a changing world. The event will be a half-day conference (exclusively in-person, with no streaming available) on Thursday 15 May 2025, with opening and closing remarks by Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera and Director-General Olivier Guersent, a keynote lecture by Chief Competition Economist Prof. Emanuele Tarantino, as well as roundtables where contributors from academia, private sector and public sector will discuss about the contribution of economics to public policies, with an emphasis in competition and industrial policies.

Closing Remarks by EVP Teresa Ribera at the 20th Annual GCLC Conference,
Brussels, 30 April 2025.
[...] " competition policy can also today be a powerful force for change, for creation of health and for shared prosperity.
It is also a critical tool to ensure that market power is not excessive and, in that sense protects democracy and ensure high quality of life.
I would say it is a very powerful horizontal enabler. It is a tool that boosts productivity, efficiency, and innovation. This leads to better resource use, cleaner technologies, and more resilient supply chains.." [...]

The European Commission has published today its Report on competition policy for 2024. The report presents the main legislative initiatives and policy developments in 2024, as well as a selection of important enforcement actions.
The Report highlights the role of competition policy in strengthening the Single Market, where businesses can make the most of Europe's scale to develop strong and competitive industries to the benefit of European citizens. It also shows how competition policy has helped supporting industrial policy objectives, in line with the Commission's political priorities, while protecting and empowering consumers.
The Report, together with the accompanying Staff Working Document, which includes a comprehensive overview of policy developments and enforcement actions sector-by-sector, will be available here.

The European Commission has published today a Call for Input seeking feedback from market participants on how European companies procure and recycle certain critical raw materials and the interplay with EU competition rules. This fact-finding exercise was announced in the Clean Industrial Deal Communication and aims to assess the need for greater industry cooperation in that field.

In this call for input, market participants are invited to indicate specific areas of their business activities as regards the procurement, recycling and re-use of raw materials for which guidance from the European Commission would help their assessment under the EU competition rules of specific instances of cooperation with competitors, with a view to enabling such cooperation.
Depending on the input received, DG COMP may engage with stakeholders in a targeted manner with questionnaires and may also organise a workshop to refine the insights collected on specific raw materials and industries.
See also the European Commission's press release.

DG COMP’s case data is now available for download via the official portal for European data. Each DG Competition policy area will have its own dedicated data set. 
Open Data records are machine-readable: this means users will be able to download each data set and re-process and analyze them under an increased number of parameters. Users can identify trends and patterns in enforcement across sectors, countries, time periods, etc. Furthermore, users will be able to combine COMP case data with that from other authorities or institutions. The data sets will initially be made downloadable in the JSON format (an open standard file format and data interchange format) and will be updated once a day.

Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera, responsible for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition hosts her first Youth Policy Dialogue on 4 March 2025.
The event is designed as an open and frank discussion. How will the Commission’s policies for a clean, just and competitive transition impact young people — especially young women — and the next generations of Europeans?
The fourteen young participants from across Europe who will animate this year’s debate are the winners of DG Competition’s Student Challenges of 2019, 2021 and 2024 and students from other EU universities.

On 4 March 2025, Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera hosted her first Youth Policy Dialogue on Empowering Young Talent and Improving Gender Balance in the EU. The event was an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas with the younger generation and listen to their insightful contributions. Here you can see the highlights of event. For more information about the Dialogue, please click here, and for the recording of the whole event, please click here.

Today, the Commission presents the Clean Industrial Deal, a bold business plan to support the competitiveness and resilience of our industry. The Deal will accelerate decarbonisation, while securing the future of manufacturing in Europe.
Competition policy will continue to provide a framework for investment and innovation. Through the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework, it will help direct investment where needed - supporting the roll-out of renewable energy, driving industrial decarbonisation, and ensuring sufficient manufacturing capacity for clean tech - while safeguarding fair competition.

Speech by EVP Teresa Ribera in the Forum Europa Brussels Breakfast,
Brussels, 20 January 2025.
[...] "This is why we are working to adapt our competition tools to the new challenges that lie ahead. We will preserve the fundamentals, which have stood the test of time, but we need to factor in today's complex technological, economic, and geopolitical challenges. The world is not the type of world we just to know anymore. We need to ensure that competition policy continues to be an enabler of our other policy objectives, in particular innovation, decarbonisation and economic security within our borders, and a level playing field worldwide." [...]

Check out DG Competition’s infographic showcasing the highlights of 2024.

The CompCast, Competition Talks podcast series, by the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC), released an episode featuring Penelope Papandropoulos, DG Competition's Head of Data Analysis and Technology. You'll listen to interesting insights into the work of the Chief Technology Office, the challenges it faces, and how AI is shaping the future of competition enforcement.

Speech by EVP Teresa Ribera in the Annual CRA Brussels Conference 2024 on competition policy adapted to the new global realities,
Brussels, 10 December 2024.
[...] "Europe is defining its new business model, with competition as an essential part of it. And with competition policy as a compass to reach the kind of Europe we want to live in. A Europe that is competitive, green, fair, and resilient." [...]

The European Commission attended this year’s OECD Global Forum on Competition and was represented by Philippe Chauve, Head of the Agriculture-Food-FMCG Unit in DG Competition, at a discussion on Competition in the Food Supply Chain.
Mr. Chauve provided a presentation focused on the EU’s enforcement agenda, explaining how enforcing EU Competition rules can help to ensure reasonable prices, improve the position of farms in the food supply chain and promote sustainability, including environmental protections and animal welfare.
You can also read the full report, Competition in the Food Supply Chain – Contribution from European Union.

Teresa Ribera is the Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition. Her task is to ensure that Europe stays on track for its goals set out in the European Green Deal, while driving the decarbonisation and industrialisation of our economy.
She is also responsible for modernising the EU’s competition policy to support European companies in innovating, competing, and leading worldwide.

On 29 November 2024, the Commission adopted a report to the Council and the European parliament on the transposition of the ECN+ Directive (all EU languages). The report focuses on how the main provisions of the ECN+ Directive have been transposed in the Member States that by then had completed the transposition process.

Statement by EVP Vestager at the Joint European Forum for IPCEI (JEF-IPCEI),
Brussels, 27 November 2024.
[...] "Ultimately, what the Letta and Draghi reports tell us is that, in a changing and ever-more challenging world, we will succeed together, or fail individually.
This is precisely what IPCEIs are about: they are about collaborating and working together, to push frontiers, to the benefit of our competitiveness and more broadly of our societies. Having seen the willingness and dedication of all those involved in the JEF-IPCEI, to free up resources and to prioritise this work, I am confident that we will succeed together."