The OECD Competition Division organised a public launch event of the OECD Competitive Neutrality Toolkit.

The Competitive Neutrality Toolkit was developed by the OECD Competition Committee (Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation), in consultation with the Working Party on State Ownership and Privatisation Practices, the Trade Committee and the Regulatory Policy Committee.

This public event brought together experts from different policy communities to discuss the importance of levelling the playing field in competition, trade and SOE policies. The event included a panel of heads of competition authorities who will debate competitive neutrality in practice, both in competition law enforcement and advocacy.

Discover what the event is about.

13:00 – 13:20 Welcome remarks  by Yoshiki Takeuchi, OECD Deputy Secretary-General and Keynote address by Frédéric Jenny, Chair, OECD Competition Committee

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13:20 – 14:40 Session I: Good practices in levelling the playing field: the experiences of competition authorities

Chair: Ori Schwartz, Head, OECD Competition Division

Panellists:

• Reiko Aoki, Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission - JFTC 
• Cani Fernandez, President, Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission - CNMC
• Marisa Tierno Centella, Head of International Relations, DG COMP
• Andrea Marván Saltiel, Chairwoman, Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission - COFECE

14:40 – 14:55  Q&A

14.55 – 15:05  Coffee break

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15:05 – 16:10   Session II: Policy perspectives on competitive neutrality

Chair: Julia Nielson, Deputy Director, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate

Panellists:

• Benedicte Fleischer, Chair, OECD Trade Committee
• Kimmo Viertola, Vice Chair, OECD Working Party on State Ownership and Privatisation Practices
• Alberto Heimler, Chair, OECD Working Party on Competition and Regulation

16:10 – 16:25 Q&A

16:25 – 16:30 Closing remarks by Carmine Di Noia, Director, OECD Directorate for Enterprise and Financial Affairs