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Competition Monitoring

The Federal Competition Authority is authorized to carry out competition monitoring (Section 2 para. 1 no. 5 WettbG).

Competition monitoring is generally understood to mean a systematic survey of quantitative competition indicators in a large number of sectors, which makes it possible to compare the intensity of competition in these sectors with each other and over time. This means that the AFCA (Austrian Federal Competition Authority) now has more extensive investigative instruments at its disposal for the purposes of monitoring, in particular requests for information and information notices. Before the amendment to the law, monitoring could only be carried out on the basis of publicly accessible data. 

FCA commissioned a study from WIFO (Austrian Institute of Economic Research) on the feasibility of measuring and analyzing corporate concentration in Austria. WIFO's analysis showed that monitoring of corporate concentration based on the German model can in principle be implemented in Austria. Company concentration should be seen as a basic building block for competition monitoring.

International examples show that the introduction of effective competition monitoring is neither a simple nor a quick process. FCA is therefore carefully examining and promoting the initial implementation of appropriate monitoring in Austria. Suggestions can be sent to wettbewerb[at]bwb.gv.at (subject: Competition monitoring).

WIFO Machbarkeitsstudie Wettbewerbsmonitoring 2024 (only available in German)

 

Fuel price tracker for transparent overview of current market developments

The new fuel price tracker launched by the Austrian Federal Competition Authority (AFCA) makes price changes at Austrian filling stations easier to identify and more transparent. Keeping track of fuel prices helps to better understand changes in the market. The AFCA tracker uses microdata from E-Control’s fuel price database, as well as data from the European Commission’s Weekly Oil Bulletin (available in German here).

AFCA fuel price tracker update – how have fuel prices changed over the past week?

Average fuel prices over the past seven days (11 May to 17 May 2026) amounted to EUR 1.826 per liter for petrol and EUR 1.936 per liter for diesel.

Price differences were observed between filling stations: for petrol, major filling station chains charged an average of EUR 1.843 per liter, operators with more than 30 filling stations charged EUR 1.808 per liter, and smaller operators with up to 30 filling stations charged EUR 1.825 per liter. For diesel, the average prices of major filling station chains were at EUR 1.955 per liter, operators with more than 30 filling stations at EUR 1.914 per liter, and smaller operators with up to 30 filling stations at EUR 1.938 per liter.