What is the main role of the Portuguese Competition Authority?

AdC is an independent administrative agency whose purpose is to defend competition, to the benefit of citizens. For the fifth year in a row, it’s one of the top 20 Competition Authorities around the world. 

Priorities for 2023

• Detect, investigate and sanction anti-competitive abuses or behaviors with a more substantial impact on households and businesses, notably cartels and other illicit practices among competitors;
• Pursue the investigation of evidence of abuse and collusion in the digital environment, through the actions of the AdC's digital team, in close cooperation with other European authorities;
• Contribute to the economic growth of the Portuguese economy, reinforcing efforts to include the competition dimension in the spectrum of public policies;
• Intensify the contribution to the promotion of an open and competitive labor market, in which employers adopt an independent and competitive conduct, contributing to more opportunities for workers and innovation;
• Consolidate internal procedures of checks and balances, ensuring a legally and economically robust performance;
• Intensify initiatives to disseminate and communicate the benefits of competition to the AdC's stakeholders;
• Contribute, through an effective competition policy, to the ability of Portuguese companies to compete for merit in global value chains.

Read the Competition Policy Priorities for 2023.The AdC’s performance indicators and goals are materialized at SCORE – Objectives and Results Management System. Consult the AdC’s 2022 SCORE. 

Learn about last year's activity

"We need more, not less competition to make economic recovery a reality after a crisis of as yet undefined dimensions." Read the 2021 Activity Report [in Portuguese]. Know the main achievements in 2022.

*last update: 3rd quarter 2023