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CMA approach to International: challenges and opportunities

Presentation to the CMA Board

19 March 2014

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Outline

● Introduction

● Why international work is important for the CMA

● International work in the OFT and CC

● Challenges and opportunities

● Questions for the Board

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Upcoming Chairman/Chief Executive international speaking engagements*

● Institute of International and European Affairs, Dublin, January 2014 (David Currie – see annex)

● Association of Competition Counsel Europe – March 2014 (Alex Chisholm –see annex)

● ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting, Washington, DC – March 2014 (David Currie)

● EU Consumer Summit – April 2014 (David Currie)

● ICN Annual Conference, Marrakesh – April 2014 (David Currie)

● IBA Competition Conference, Florence – September 2014 (David Currie)

● Fordham Institute, NYC – September 2014 (Alex Chisholm)

● Georgetown Antitrust Symposium, Washington, DC – September 2014 (Alex Chisholm)

● European Competition Forum, Brussels – February 2015

● European Competition Day, venue TBC – April 2015

* Likely/regular engagements only, does not include ad hoc engagements or the many international speeches by other members of the senior team.

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Regular international events

● ECN- DGs meetings (Brussels) – 2 per year (May/June, October/November)

- Hearings/Advisory Committees (Brussels) – 15/20 per year

- Plenary meeting (3 per year) and Cooperation Issues Working Group (3 per year)

- Sectoral sub-groups (8 per year), horizontal working groups (e.g. Cartels, Chief Economist, Fines) (6 per year)

● ICN - Annual Conference – April (Marrakesh 2014, Sydney 2015)

- Steering Group meetings (usually by con call) – monthly

- Working Group workshop – 3 or 4 per year

● OECD Competition- Committee/Working Party meetings (week-long, Paris) – 3 per year (February,

June, October)

● UNCTAD- Annual Conference (week-long, Geneva) – 1 per year (July)

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Regular international events

● ICPEN- Annual Conference - 2 per year (Panama: May 2014, Sweden: October 2015)

- Annual best practice training (alongside conference)

● CPC- Committee meetings – 2 per year (March, November), each preceded by an

Enforcement Forum meeting

- Workshops – approx 4 per year, plus project/activity meetings

- Annual conference of E-Expert Group

● OECD Consumer- 2 day meetings – 2 per year

● London Action Plan- Annual conference

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OFT and CC staff participation in International work

● Staff at working level - working on cases/projects with an international element or contributing to international-focused work streams (e.g. engagement with ECN, CPC etc).

● Senior officials – e.g. representing the OFT/CC at multilateral organisations or other international speaking engagements - Although note that staff at working level also undertake these.

● International teams – representation/coordinating role on international relations, leading on international work streams.