Exclusive interview with Axel Desmedt, the new chairman of the Belgian Competition Authority

The latest edition of the leading Belgian journal Competitio has just been published. It features an exclusive interview with Axel Desmedt, the newly appointed chairman of the Belgian Competition Authority, by three editorial board members of Competitio, including our competition partner Sebastien Engelen.

During their insightful conversation, they discussed key competition topics.

Three of the main takeaways from the interview include:

• 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬: The chairman emphasises the positive dynamics and strengthening of the BCA team, which have not gone unnoticed.
• 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Axel Desmedt announces that the BCA intends to proactively identify market issues by conducting sectoral investigation. A couple a weeks after the interview, the BCA opened a general investigation into sectoral price revision and indexation mechanisms.
• 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: Drawing from his experience as the former chairman of the Belgian telecom and postal regulator, Axel Desmedt offered insightful perspectives on the potential benefits and challenges of collaborating with sector-specific regulators. He also discussed the implications of consolidating multiple regulators into a single, overarching entity.

Thank you to Axel Desmedt, and Competitio’s colleagues Melissa Van Schoorisse and Grégoire Ryelandt for this interesting discussion!

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