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

*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
Koprivnikar
Trampert (50% assignment)
Seper (50% assignment)
Krauskopf (50% assignment)
Ruech (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* Seper*
Public Relations Press, media requests, communication, website	Becka Fürlinger Schandel
IT Forensics IT-Forensics, data collection	Krauskopf Lindner Pitzl Weber
Investigations under sec 12 Austrian Competition Act Legal principles and specific issues	Lindner Krauskopf* Ruech* Seelos Weber Mertel
Economy Fundamental questions of economy and assistance in cases	Gruber Erharter**
European Competition Network (ECN)	Koprivnikar Schandel
Budget Budget, Accounting	Trampert* Schandel
Competition Talk	Becka Frank Tresnak

Operative Unit

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

Further Competences

Cooperation of Consumer Authorities
Becka, Tresnak

Austrian Federal Act Against Unfair Competition
Becka, Tresnak

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Act
Schoißwohl
Taschke*