1. We use the term “information sharing” in this paper in contrast to “information exchanges” as used, for instance, in the Commission's draft Horizontal Guidelines as the paper also discusses the broader dissemination and availability of information.
2. Examples of the way in which information plays a key role in ensuring consumers make well-informed and well-reasoned decisions are contained in “Choice and Competition in Public Services. A Guide for Policy Makers”, report prepared for the OFT by Frontier Economics (March 2010), OFT1214.