Brussels, 29 January 2024
Officials and experts from the EU and India are meeting online on 29 and 30 January 2024 to discuss and exchange good practices in competition policy and enforcement.
The sessions will focus on competition law enforcement in the EU and India, particularly on the approach to digital mergers, substantive assessment in merger reviews, and on experiences in capturing mergers based on transaction value. Participants will also discuss competition law and policy with regards to sustainability goals and the renewable energy sector, building up on last year’s discussions.
The importance of strengthening cooperation and partnership between the EU and India was highlighted in the Joint Communication: Elements for an EU strategy on India, adopted on 20 November 2018. The EU-India Competition Week also builds on the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of competition law signed between DG Competition and the Competition Commission of India on 21 November 2013 and on all previous Competition Weeks organised since 2018.
The annual EU-India Competition Week is part of the Competition Cooperation project, a 5-year EU-funded programme offering technical cooperation to competition authorities in Asia. It provides a platform for exchanges between the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition and the Competition Commission of India. The objective is to exchange experiences and strengthen convergence in competition policy, to the benefit of citizens and businesses in both the EU and Asia.
More information about the European Commission’s bilateral dialogue with India in the field of competition policy is available on the Commission’s website.