Directorate-General for Competition
The Directorate-General for Competition is a Directorate-General of the European Commission, located in Brussels. The DG Competition is responsible for establishing and implementing competition policy for the European Union. The DG Competition has a dual role in antitrust enforcement: an investigative role and a decision-making role.
DG Competition is also considered to be one of the most sophisticated antitrust enforcers in the world, alongside US agencies Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Its fines to corporations climbed from €3.4bn between 2000 and 2004, to €9.4bn between 2005 and 2009. Between 2010 and 2012, it totalled €5.4bn.
The DG Competition policy areas include the following:
The DG Competition is led by commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who is currently serving a five-year term ending in 2019.
