Organisation

Management Board

Director General

Theodor Thanner

Managing Director
Legal service
European and International cooperation 
Personnel and budget

Natalie Harsdorf

Management departments

Head of legal service*
Legal service (national, European and international questions of competition law) 
Legislatve matters, guidelines 
Investigations (leniency, inspections) 
Advocacy, prevention and knowledge management

Natalie Harsdorf

Head of litigation *
​​Representation before courts and authorities 
Litigation Strategy
Economics
Quality management

Anastasios Xeniadis

*Is represented by the Head of the other department. If both are not available the Manging Director or the Deputy represents the heads of both departments.  

Abteilungs-Zuteilungen

Legal Service
Trampert (50% assignment) 
Koprivnikar (50% assignment)
Seper (50% assignment)
Fink (50% assignment)
Diem (50% assignment)
Krauskopf (50% assignment)
Taschke (50% assignment)

 

Litigation unit
Schicho
Schmid
Eckhard (50% assignment)
Erharter (50% assignment)

 

Assistance

Registry
File management, Inbox and Outbox

Lippert 
Holzer

Secretariat
Calendar management and other administrative tasks

Edelmann
Frank
Hesch

Merger Control
Administration of merger notifications

Gerl-Amon 
Schandel

Competition Commission
Management and Administration of the Competition Commission

Schandel
Gerl-Amon

Library

Gerl-Amon

Staff Unit

* Double allocation law department
** Double allocation process department

Leniency
Leniency programme

Krauskopf*

Public Relations
Press, media requests, communication, website

Fuerlinger
Ivanova
Schandel

IT Forensics
​IT-Forensics, data collection

​Krauskopf
Lindner
Pitzl
Weber

Investigations under sec 12 Austrian Competition Act
Legal principles and specific issues

​Diem* 
Lindner 
Krauskopf* 
Seelos
Weber
Xeniadis

Economy
Fundamental questions of economy and assistance in cases

Gruber 
Erharter**

European Competition Network (ECN)

Fink* 
Koprivnikar* 
Schandel

Budget
Budget, Accounting

Trampert*
Schandel

Competition Talk

Becka 
Frank 
Tresnak

Operative Unit

Energy, Raw materials, Environment, Waste Management, Chemicals

Koprivnikar*
Maunz
Mertel

Information, Communication, Media, Leisure Industry, Tourism, Entertainment, Post

Eckhard**
Krauskopf*
Schoißwohl
Trampert*
Taschke
Weber

Health, Pharmacy, Insurance, Financial Services

Diem*
Maunz
Padlewski
Krauskopf*
Seelos

Traffic, Automobile Industry, Construction Industry, Real Estate, Other services

Diem*
Eckhard
Koprivnikar
Mertel
Padlewski
Taschke*
Trampert*

Agriculture, Trading, Industrial Production, Machinery and Plant Manufacturing, Consumer Goods

Becka
Fink*
Lindner

Further Competences

Cooperation of Consumer Authorities
Becka, ​Tresnak

 

Austrian Federal Act Against Unfair Competition
Becka, Tresnak

 

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Act
Schoißwohl
Taschke*