From 1 April 2025 Arno Rasek will head the Bundeskartellamt’s 8th Decision Division. He succeeds Christian Ewald, who took over as Head of the 5th Decision Division at the beginning of March.

The Bundeskartellamt’s sector-specific decision divisions are responsible under competition law for merger control and abuse control proceedings and, either ex officio or upon application, for other administrative proceedings, including sector inquiries.

In addition to energy monitoring, the 8th Decision Division is responsible for the following sectors: electricity, natural and liquid gas, hydrogen, district heating, drinking water and wastewater, and coal mining.

 The Bundeskartellamt’s current organisation chart