Malta's national competition authority, the Office for
Competition within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs
Authority, has joined the European Commission's
Directorate-General for Competition and 14 other NCAs in a project
to enhance capabilities and tools for the public enforcement of
competition law in digital markets.
The project, DICE – Supporting Digital Transformation
in Competition Law Enforcement, is set to run from 2026 to 2027. It
is funded by the EU Technical Support Instrument and implemented by
28DIGITAL.
In a press release, Malta's Office for
Competition announced its participation in the project. It claimed
that the project is of "strategic importance" and will
"strengthen digital competencies and investigative tools
through tailored, practice-oriented training, knowledge-sharing and
the adoption of advanced digital and data-driven methods." It
remarked that the project will "ensure that competition
enforcement remains robust and fit for
