The International Competition Network (ICN) seeks to provide competition authorities with a specialized yet informal venue for maintaining regular contacts and addressing practical competition concerns. It is focused on improving worldwide cooperation and enhancing convergence through dialogue.

The ICN is unique. It is the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement. Membership is voluntary and open to any national or multinational competition authority entrusted with the enforcement of antitrust laws. The ICN does not exercise any rule-making function. The initiative is project-oriented, flexibly organized around working groups, the members of which work together largely by Internet, telephone, fax machine and videoconference. Annual conferences and meetings provide opportunities to discuss these projects and their implications for enforcement. Where the ICN reaches consensus on recommendations, or "best practices", arising from the projects, it is left to the individual competition authorities to decide whether and how to implement the recommendations, through unilateral, bilateral or multilateral arrangements, as appropriate.

The ICN closely cooperates with and seeks input from existing international organisations (e.g., OECD, WTO, UNCTAD), associations and practitioners of antitrust law and/or economics, industry and consumer associations and members of the academic community. Participation of such non-governmental advisors enriches considerably the quality of the ICN's discussions and work products.

Mandate & Related Documents

• Intro [French Version]
• Memorandum on the Establishment & Operation of the Network [French Version]
• Operational Framework of the International Competition Network [French Version]

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