Competitive Neutrality Toolkit
Promoting a Level Playing Field
The Competitive Neutrality Toolkit provides a set of good practices, based on examples from international experience, to support public officials in identifying and reducing distortions to competition due to state intervention. It supports the implementation of the principles set out in the OECD Recommendation on Competitive Neutrality to promote a level playing field, and covers the Recommendation’s main themes: competition law and enforcement, regulatory environment, public procurement, state support, and public service obligations.
Also available in: French
Framework of analysis
This chapter provides a framework of analysis for identifying and assessing policies that may distort competitive neutrality and for developing alternatives to avoid or reduce such distortions. It is set to be carried out in five steps: (i) screening of the policy intervention using the Competitive Neutrality Checklist; (ii) identification of the policy objective and benefits of the policy intervention; (iii) analysis of the impact of the policy intervention on competition; (iv) identification of alternative policy options; and (v) balancing of benefits and competition distortions, and selection of the most appropriate option.
Also available in: French
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