Competition regulator

A competition regulator is the institution that oversees the functioning of markets. It identifies and corrects practices causing market impediments and distortions through competition law (also known as antitrust law). In general it is a government agency, typically a statutory authority, sometimes called an economic regulator, that regulates and enforces competition laws and may sometimes also enforce consumer protection laws. In addition to such agencies, there is often another body responsible for formulating competition policy.

Many nations implement competition laws, and there is general agreement on acceptable standards of behaviour. The degree to which countries enforce their competition policy varies substantially.

Competition regulators may also regulate certain aspects of mergers and acquisitions and business alliances and regulate or prohibit cartels and monopolies. Other government agencies may have responsibilities in relation to aspects of competition law that affect companies (e.g., the registrar of companies).

Regulators may form supranational or international alliances like the ECN (European Competition Network), the ICN (International Competition Network), and the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

List of trade blocs and multinational regulators

Flag	Trade bloc	Regulating organization	ECA	ICN	OECD	Website	Language
	Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa	COMESA Competition Commission				[1]	English
	Communidad Andina (Andean Community of Nations)					[2]	Spanish
Template:Flagicon	East African Community	East African Community Competition Authority				[3]	English
Template:Flagicon	ECOWAS	ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority				[4]	English, French, Portuguese
Template:Flagicon	European Union /European Economic Area	European Commission – Directorate-General for Competition				[5]	See: Official languages of the European Union
	European Economic Area: Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein (EFTA members)	EFTA Surveillance Authority				[6]	English

List of national regulators

Flag	Country	Name	ECA	ICN	OECD	Website	Language
Template:Flagicon	Albania	Competition Authority				[7]	Albanian, English
Template:Flagicon	Algeria	The Algerian National Competition Council				[8]	Arabic, French
Template:Flagicon	Argentina	Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia				[9]	Spanish
Template:Flagicon	Armenia	State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia				[10]	Armenian, English
Template:Flagicon	Australia	Australian Competition & Consumer Commission				[11] [12]	English
Template:Flagicon	Austria	Wettbewerbsbehörde im BMwA				[13]	German, English
Template:Flagicon	Azerbaijan	State Service for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control				[14]	Azerbaijani, English
Template:Flagicon	Bangladesh	Bangladesh Competition Commission				[15]	Bangla, English
Template:Flagicon	Barbados	Fair Trading Commission				[16]	English
Template:Flagicon	Belgium	Raad voor de Mededinging/Conseil de la concurrence				[17]	French/Dutch
Template:Flagicon	Brazil	Administrative Council for Economic Defense				[18]	Portuguese
Template:Flagicon	Bulgaria	Commission for Protection of Competition				[19]	Bulgarian/English
Template:Flagicon	Canada	Competition Bureau/Bureau de la concurrence				[20], [21]	English/French
Template:Flagicon	Chile	Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia -National Economic Prosecutor's Office				[22]	Spanish
Template:Flagicon	China	State Administration for Market Regulation				[23]	Chinese
Template:Flagicon	Colombia	Superintendency of Industry and Commerce				[24]	Spanish
Template:Flagicon	Croatia	Croatian Competition Agency				[25]	Croatian, English
Template:Flagicon	Curaçao	Fair Trade Authority Curaçao		X		[@]	English, Dutch, Papiamentu
Template:Flagicon	Cyprus	Commission for the Protection of Competition				[26]	Greek, English
Template:Flagicon	Czech Republic	Office for the Protection of Competition				[27]	Czech, English
Template:Flagicon	Denmark	Konkurrencestyrelsen				[28]	Danish, English
Template:Flagicon	El Salvador	Superintendencia de Competencia				[29]	Spanish
Template:Flagicon	Estonia	Konkurentsiamet (Estonian Competition Authority)				[30]	Estonian, English
Template:Flagicon	Finland	Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (Kilpailuvirasto)				[31]	Finnish, Swedish, English
Template:Flagicon	France	Autorité de la concurrence				[32]	French
Template:Flagicon	Georgia	Competition Agency				[33]	Georgian, English
Template:Flagicon	Germany	Bundeskartellamt				[34]	German
Template:Flagicon	Greece	Hellenic Competition Commission				[35]	Greek, English
Template:Flagicon	Hong Kong	Competition Commission				[36]	Cantonese/English
Template:Flagicon	Hungary	Office of Economic Competition (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal)				[37]	Hungarian, English
Template:Flagicon	India	Competition Commission of India				[38]	English
Template:Flagicon	Indonesia	Commission for Supervision of Business Competition, (Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha),				[39]	Indonesian, English
Template:Flagicon	Ireland	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission				[40]	English, Irish
Template:Flagicon	Iceland	Icelandic Competition Authority				[41]	Icelandic, English
Template:Flagicon	Iran	National Iranian Competition Center (NICC)				[42]	Persian
Template:Flagicon	Israel	Israel Anti-trust Authority				[43]	Hebrew, English
Template:Flagicon	Italy	Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)				[44]	Italian, English
Template:Flagicon	Japan	Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)				[45]	Japanese, English
Template:Flagicon	Jersey	Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA)				[46]	English
Template:Flagicon	Jordan	Competition Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade				[47]	Arabic, English
Template:Flagicon	Kazakhstan	Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Competition Protection (Antimonopoly Agency)				[48] [49]	Kazakh, English
Template:Flagicon	Kenya	Competition Authority of Kenya				[50]	English
Template:Flagicon	Kosovo	Kosovo Competition Commission				[51]	English, Albanian, Serbian
Template:Flagicon	Latvia	Competition Council of Latvia (Konkurences padome)				[52]	Latvian, English
Template:Flagicon	Liechtenstein	Office of National Economy (Amt für Volkswirtschaft)				[53]	German
Template:Flagicon	Lithuania	Competition Council (Konkurencijos taryba)				[54]	Lithuanian, English
Template:Flagicon	Luxembourg	Conseil de la concurrence - Inspection de la Concurrence				[55]	French
Template:Flagicon	Malaysia	Malaysia Competition Commission				[56]	English
Template:Flagicon	Malta	Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority				[57]	English
Template:Flagicon	Mexico	Mexican Federal Competition Commission				[58]	Spanish, English
Template:Flagicon	Morocco	Competition Council of Morocco				[59]	Arabic, French
Template:Flagicon	Republic of Moldova	Consiliul Concurenței (Competition Council)				[60]	Romanian, English
Template:Flagicon	Netherlands	Autoriteit Consument & Markt				[61]	Dutch, English
Template:Flagicon	New Zealand	Ministry of Commerce: Competition and Enterprise Branch and New Zealand Commerce Commission				[62]	English, Māori
Template:Flagicon	Nigeria	Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission				[63]	English
Template:Flagicon	North Macedonia	Commission for Protection of Competition (Комисијата за заштита на конкуренцијата)				[64]	Macedonian, English
Template:Flagicon	Norway	Konkurransetilsynet				[65]	Norwegian, English
Template:Flagicon	Pakistan	Competition Commission of Pakistan				[66]	Urdu
Template:Flagicon	Peru	Free Competition Commission				[67]	Spanish
Template:Flagicon	Philippines	Philippine Competition Commission				[68]	English
Template:Flagicon	Poland	Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów)				[69]	Polish, English
Template:Flagicon	Portugal	Autoridade da Concorrência				[70]	English, Portuguese
Template:Flagicon	Romania	Consiliul Concurenței (Competition Council)				[71]	Romanian, English
Template:Flagicon	Russia	Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia				[72]	Russian, English
Template:Flagicon	Singapore	Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore				[73]	English
Template:Flagicon	Slovakia	Antimonopoly Office				[74]	Slovak, English
Template:Flagicon	Slovenia	Slovenian Competition Protection Agency				[75]	Slovenian, English
Template:Flagicon	South Africa	Competition Commission, South African Competition Tribunal				[76] [77]	English
Template:Flagicon	South Korea	Fair Trade Commission				[78]	Korean, English
Template:Flagicon	Spain	Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CNC) before September 2007 Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia (TDC)				[79]	Spanish
Template:Flagicon	Sweden	Konkurrensverket				[80]	Swedish, English
Template:Flagicon	Switzerland	The Competition Council and Competition Commission (COMCO)				[81]	German, French, Italian
Template:Flagicon	Taiwan	Fair Trade Commission				[82]	Mandarin, English
Template:Flagicon	Thailand	Trade Competition Commission				[83]	Thai, English
Template:Flagicon	Turkey	Rekabet Kurumu				[84]	Turkish, English
Template:Flagicon	Ukraine	Anti-Monopoly Committee				[85]	Ukrainian, English
Template:Flagicon	United Kingdom	Competition and Markets Authority				[86]	English
Template:Flagicon	United States	Federal Trade Commission & United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division				[87] [88]	English
Template:Flagicon	Venezuela	Pro-Competencia				[89]	Spanish

See also

• Consumer protection
• Transparency (market)
• Transparency (humanities)

External links

• Federal Trade Commission (July 24, 2013). "Competition & Consumer Protection Authorities Worldwide".