ANNUAL REPORT 2010 - Konkurentsiamet

The annual meeting between competition authorities from the Baltic States, Finland and
Poland took place in Pärnu on June 2 nd -3 rd . The Regional Competition Conference was
organised for the 7 th time and it has appeared to be a mutually effective format of cooperation,
helping the exchange of experience and know-how in the competition area. Until
2010 the conference had been divided into two parts – day one was dedicated to a general
panel discussion and the second day focused on the sectoral working groups. However as
the participants have stated that the main value of the conference is rather the exchange of
practical experience on the case handlers level and therefore it was decided to slightly
change the format this year by dedicating most of the time to the discussions in a working
group. In addition, the heads of the competition authorities introduced the latest
developments in legislation and in organisations.
On the 4 th of June the Authority hosted an international Electricity Market Forum in
Kuressaare, which brings together the energy market regulators, undertakings,
representatives from the European Commission and other interested parties to discuss
creating and developing a single electricity market in the Baltic States twice a year. This
year the forum´s core attention was focused on creating a single electricity power exchange
in Estonia and Lithuania, which is a leap towards a single Baltic electricity market. The
Nordic countries presented their experiences in market supervision, overviews of markets
and work done to date was given.
The year can be described by various international lectures in the framework of
development aid projects. The officials of the Authority provided expert advice in Albania,
Georgia, Namibia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Becoming a full member of the OECD in December was a significant milestone for the
Estonian foreign policy in general. The Competition Authority has developed relations with
the OECD Competition Committee, which has over the years actively contributed to the
training of Estonian competition officials.
2010 was a remarkable year for the Competition Authority, because the public interest
towards the Authority´s work grew to a great extent in connection with the establishment of
various legislative acts and many specific cases attracted extraordinary attention. The
Authority has knowingly made efforts to raise competition related awareness in the society
and the first steps in that area have provided a remarkable result. The Estonian
Competition Day was organised for the second time, which brought together entrepreneurs
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