G. Lianos: If the state wants an even more active Competition Commission, let it invest in the renewal of the staff

“If the State wants an even more active Competition Commission, let it invest in the necessary renewal of its staff and in attracting highly qualified staff with experience and an appetite for hard work, immediately, in order to continue the effort.”

This is noted in a post on twitter by the chairman of the Competition Commission, Giannis Lianos, while quoting the following comments and data:

“Let’s see the number of companies we control and its 100% increase from September 2019 that we undertook in 2021. And all this with about 10% less staff.”

It is noted that based on the table that accompanies the post, it appears that from 49 the number of audited companies in 2019, it became 68 in 2020 and reached 101 in 2021. Also, the president states that, based on data on the number of surveys launched by the commission in 2021 “was the largest increase in a year in the last 15 years, which was made possible by the release of staff from long-standing cases”.

If the State wants an even more active Competition Commission, let it invest in the necessary renewal of the staff of EA and the attraction of highly specialized staff with experience and an appetite for hard work immediately in order to continue the effort.

– Ioannis Lianos (@IoannisLianos) January 16, 2022

He added that the above statistics do not include “decisions to complete previous commissions of the commission, which were tragically delayed”. As the president emphasizes, “the average age of cases of EA in September 2019 that we undertook, compared to 2021- from 8 years to 1!”.

Finally, as he states, “an interesting statistic to keep in mind about the Competition Commission is this: If we compare the evolution of the number of staff on the one hand and the number of decisions of the EA plenary on the other, between 2014-2021. fewer people – much more decisions now “.