ICN 2023 – Barcelona

The Competition Council, represented by its President Mr. Ahmed RAHHOU and its Secretary General, Mr. Mohamed ABOUELAZIZ, participated in the 22nd annual meeting of the International Competition Network (ICN). This meeting was organized by the National Commission for Markets and Competition of Spain in Barcelona from October 18 to 20, 2023. It was an opportunity to discuss current topics of interest and reflection for competition authorities around the world, including:

• the place and methods of considering sustainable development in the competitive analysis of markets;
• the implementation of competition rules in the control of economic concentrations in the digital sector, particularly regarding digital platforms;
• the role of justice in enforcing competition law;
• challenges in investigating cases of abuse of dominant position;
• combating anticompetitive practices between current trends and future challenges;
• strategies and priority-setting methods of competition authorities.