Organisation

Management Board

Director General	Theodor Thanner
Managing Director	Peter Matousek
Deputy 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

Head of Staff and Special Adviser to the Director General for Competition

Martin Janda

*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.

Department allocation

Legal Service unit
Koprivnikar
Krauskopf (50% assignment)
Ruech (50% assignment)
Seper (50% assignment)
Taschke (50% assignment)
Trampert (50% assignment)

Litigation unit
Schicho
Eckhard (50% assignment)
Erharter (50% assignment)
Hartl (50% assignment)
Luger (50% assignment)

Assistance

Registry File management, Inbox and Outbox	Lippert Holzer
Secretary Calendar management and other administrative tasks	Edelmann Strenn Böhmwalder Zlamal
Merger Control Administration of merger notifications	Schandel Böhmwalder
Competition Commission Management and Administration of the Competition Commission	Schandel
Library	Böhmwalder

Staff Unit

Leniency Leniency programme	Krauskopf* Seper*
Public Relations Press, media requests, communication, website	Fürlinger Becka Schandel
IT Forensics IT-Forensics, data collection	Thanhäuser Lindner Pitzl Weber Zimmerer
Investigations under sec 12 Austrian Competition Act Legal principles and specific issues	Harsdorf Pötzelsberger Hofbauer Lindner Krauskopf* Ruech* Seelos* Weber
Economy Fundamental questions of economy and assistance in cases	Brunner Erharter** Gruber Hartl Thanhäuser Wurm
European Competition Network (ECN)	Koprivnikar* Schandel
Budget Budget, Accounting	Schandel Trampert*
Competition Talk	Becka Strenn Tresnak

Operative Unit

Energy, Raw materials, Environment, Waste Management, Chemicals	Koprivnikar Luger Eckhard
Information, Communication, Media, Leisure Industry, Tourism, Entertainment, Post	Eckhard** Hofbauer Krauskopf* Ruech* Schoißwohl Trampert* Taschke Weber
Health, Pharmacy, Insurance, Financial Services	Ivanova Luger* Padlewski Krauskopf* Seelos*
Traffic, Automobile Industry, Construction Industry, Real Estate, Other services	Eckhard** Koprivnikar* Padlewski Pötzelsberger Schwarz Taschke* Trampert*
Agriculture, Trading, Industrial Production, Machinery and Plant Manufacturing, Consumer Goods	Becka Cavada Lindner Seper*

Further Competences

Cooperation of Consumer Authorities
Becka
Tresnak

Austrian Federal Act Against Unfair Competition
Becka
Tresnak

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Act
Schoißwohl
Taschke*

* Double allocation Legal Service unit
** Double allocation Litigation unit

The above mentioned representation only serves as an orientating overview.

For further information contact the Managing Direction (Peter Matousek or Natalie Harsdorf).
Please call +43 (1) 245 08 - 0