Report from the Commission on competition policy 2018 Corrigendum.

Abstract

With more thanhalf a billion consumers and 24.5 million companies, the internal market is one of the EU’s greatest achievements and its greatest asset. EU competition policy goes hand in hand with the development of a deeper and fairer internal market. Enforcing EU competition rules makes markets function better for the benefit of consumers -households as well as businesses -and for society as a whole. Competitive markets play an important role supporting the Commission's efforts to achieve a strong and prosperous EU.Moreover, EU competition policy aims at fostering a competition culture both within the EU, for instance by promoting competition-friendly regulation, and worldwide.