European Commission (DG Competition) (DG COMP)
The European Commission department that enforces EU competition law, including antitrust, mergers and state aid.
Overview
DG COMP investigates cartels and abuses of dominance, reviews mergers with an EU dimension and can impose fines of up to 10% of global turnover.
Its powers include writing binding rules and investigating and imposing penalties.
In the European Union it works at supranational level.
Check the official sources below for legal scope, applicable dates and exceptions. This entry is an explanatory reference, not legal advice.
Why it matters
It can both set the rules and punish breaches of them, so its priorities shape compliance risk directly.
Who it affects
Organisations in competition in the European Union.
Where it sits
Ten linked steps connect where you operate to the proof that you complied.
- 01Jurisdiction
- 02Industry
- 03Activity
- 04Authority
- 05Regulation
- 06Requirement
- 07Guidance
- 08Control
- 09Evidence
- 10Enforcement
Connections
The terms most closely tied to DG COMP. Select one to open it.
What to do about it
- 1Confirm whether DG COMP has power over you, and through which licence, registration, membership or activity.
- 2Follow its rules, guidance and enforcement publications as they are issued.
- 3Map each obligation it creates to a control with a named owner.
- 4Keep examination-ready evidence for its highest-risk obligations.
From requirement to evidence.
Regulation Layer tracks its publications in the change feed, maps its obligations to your controls, and links its enforcement actions to the obligations they cite.
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