7th EU-India Competition Week
11-12 December 2025
O fficials and experts from the EU and India will meet online on 11 and 12 December 2025 to discuss and exchange good practices in competition policy and enforcement.
The event will bring together the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG Competition) and the Competition Commission of India to deepen their exchanges on competition policy and enforcement.
Across the two days, discussions will focus on key areas of mutual interest, including digital industry as well as settlements and commitments in antitrust. The sessions will offer an opportunity to exchange views on recent enforcement experiences, emerging challenges and concerns, as well as the use of settlements in cartel cases and interactions with leniency, with the aim of enhancing interoperability and fostering practical cooperation.
Since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the DG Competition and the Competition Commission of India on cooperation in the field of competition law in 2013, there has been a continuous and fruitful exchange between the two jurisdictions their experience and views with regard to competition policy and enforcement developments.
Schedule
Digital industry– updates and experiences from the EU and India
08:45-09:00 (Brussels) / 13:15 – 13:30 (Delhi) Virtual room opens
9:00 – 9:05 (Brussels) / 13:30 – 13:35 (Delhi): Introduction
Ms Hilary JENNINGS, Special Adviser on Competition Policy,
Competition Cooperation Project
09:05-09:30 (Brussels) / 13:35 – 13:55 (Delhi): Opening remarks
- Mr. Inder Pal Singh BINDRA, Secretary, Competition Commission of India
- Mr Petros SOURMELIS, Minister Counsellor, Head of Trade and Economic Affairs Section, Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan, New Delhi
09:30 – 11:00 (Brussels) / 14:00 –15:30(Delhi):
Digital advertising and antitrust– recent experiences in EU and India
Session 1:EU and India enforcement experiences in recent digital cases: a focus on advertising cases
− Relevant markets and theory of harm, including: integration of publisher ad
server and ad exchange; data-use and exploitation, self-preferencing and vertical
integration; unfair trading conditions on rivals; effects on publishers, rival
exchanges / advertisers
− Enforcement challenges
− Evaluating remedies: pros and cons of behavioural vs structural; avoiding
unintended consequences.
− Interaction with existing (EU) or proposed (India) digital rules that address self-
preferencing, transparency, access etc
Moderator:
Ms Hilary JENNINGS, Key Expert on Competition, EU-Asia cooperation on competition and subsidies control
Presentations by:
Ms Adeline ARCHIMBAUD, Case Handler, Unit C3 Antitrust – IT, Internet and Consumer electronics, and Ms Anna SZÉKELY, Case Handler, Unit C3 Antitrust – IT, Internet and Consumer electronics, DG Competition, European Commission
Q & A (10 mins)
Dr. SAURABH, Joint Director, Anti-Trust Division, Competition Commission of India
Q & A (10 mins)
Discussion time (10 mins)
11:10 – 12:00 (Brussels) / 15:40 – 16:30 (Delhi):
Session 2: Competition agency responses to AI and generative AI
Moderator: Ms Hilary JENNINGS, Key Expert on Competition, EU-Asia cooperation on competition and subsidies control
Overview
− Brief overview of competition concerns (both traditional and novel) e.g. market
entry barriers; competition along the AI value chain; leveraging, integration of AI
services; anti-competitive algorithmic practices.
− Brief highlights from EU policy brief (2024) and CCI Market Study (2025)
− Enforcement priorities and approaches (including e.g. use of interim measures);
use of advocacy tools
Presentations by
Ms Savitri Baburao KORE, Joint Director, Digital Markers Division, Competition
Commission of India
Q & A (10 mins)
Ms Anna SZÉKELY, Case Handler, Unit C3 Antitrust – IT, Internet and Consumer
electronics, DG Competition, European Commission (15 mins)
Q & A (10 mins)
Discussion time (10 mins)
Settlements and Commitments in Antitrust: Experiences from the EU and India
08:45-09:00 (Brussels) / 13:15 – 13:30 (Delhi) Virtual room opens
9:00 – 9:05 (Brussels) / 13:30 – 13:35 (Delhi): Introduction
Ms Hilary JENNINGS, Special Adviser on Competition Policy,
Competition Cooperation Project
09:05-10:30 (Brussels) / 13:35 – 15:00 (Delhi):
Experiences with alternative procedures in antitrust cases: the use of commitments and settlements
Session 1: How the EU and India systems use commitments (and settlements in India)
Overview:
• Brief overview of legal framework
• Experiences, trends, when and where commitment tools most useful; case
examples of how they are used in practice (EU)
• Early experiences where settlements/ commitments considered relevant;
where would they have been relevant but were not used; and case example;
take-aways from early experiences (India)
• Procedural safeguards
• Impact on substantive law development; key tensions
• Stakeholder perspectives
Moderator:
Ms. Hilary JENNINGS, Key Expert on Competition, EU-Asia cooperation on competition and subsidies control
Presentations by:
Ms Ligia DOROBANTU-BETZEL, Policy Officer, Unit A1 – Antitrust case support and policy, DG Competition, European Commission (on commitments procedures
procedures) (20 mins)
Q & A (10 mins)
Dr. Nicola TOSINI, Managing Director, NERA, Brussels (report for DG COMP on ex post evaluation of commitments) (25 mins)
Q & A (10 mins)
Mr Mohan Rao RONANKI, Director, Antitrust Division, Competition Commission of India
Q & A (10 mins)
Discussion session with speakers and participants – to include benefits, challenges and what could be improved (15 mins)
10:40 – 11:45 (Brussels) / 15:10 – 16:15 (Delhi):
Session 2: The use of settlements in cartel cases and interactions with leniency
Moderator:
Ms Hilary JENNINGS, Key Expert on Competition, EU-Asia cooperation on competition and subsidies control
Presentation by
Ms Sonia NALPANTIDOU, Case handler, Unit G3 – Cartels, DG Competition, European Commission (settlements in cartel cases) (15 mins)
Perspective from CCI
Ms Jyotsna YADAV, Joint Director, Antitrust Division, Competition Commission of
India (leniency vs settlements for cartels and cross-border implications) (10 mins)
Discussion (10 mins)
11:45 – 12:00 (Brussels) / 16:15 – 16:30 (Delhi): Closing Remarks
Ms Sayanti CHAKRABARTI, Director, International Cooperation Division, Competition Commission of India
Mr Ruben SCHELLINGERHOUT, International Relations Officer, Unit A5 – International Relations, Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Resources
Tentative Schedule
