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
	Communidad Andina (Andean Community of Nations)					[1]	Spanish
	European Union /European Economic Area	European Commission – Directorate-General for Competition				[2]	See: Official languages of the European Union
	European Economic Area: Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein (EFTA members)	EFTA Surveillance Authority				[3]	English

List of national regulators

Flag	Country	Name	ECA	ICN	OECD	Website	Language
	Albania	Competition Authority				[4]	Albanian, English
	Algeria	The Algerian National Competition Council				[5]	Arabic, French
	Argentina	Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia				[6]	Spanish
	Armenia	State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia				[7]	Armenian, English
	Australia	Australian Competition & Consumer Commission				[8] [9]	English
	Austria	Wettbewerbsbehörde im BMwA				[10]	German, English
	Bangladesh	Bangladesh Competition Commission				[11]	Bangla, English
	Barbados	Fair Trading Commission				[12]	English
	Belgium	Raad voor de Mededinging/Conseil de la concurrence				[13]	French/Dutch
	Brazil	Administrative Council for Economic Defense				[14]	Portuguese
	Bulgaria	Commission for Protection of Competition				[15]	Bulgarian/English
	Canada	Competition Bureau/Bureau de la concurrence				[16], [17]	English/French
	Chile	Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia -National Economic Prosecutor's Office				[18]	Spanish
	China	State Administration for Market Regulation				[19]	Chinese
	Colombia	Superintendency of Industry and Commerce				[20] Archived April 22, 2018, at the Wayback Machine	Spanish
	Croatia	Croatian Competition Agency				[21]	Croatian, English
	Curaçao	Fair Trade Authority Curaçao		X		[@]	English, Dutch, Papiamentu
	Cyprus	Commission for the Protection of Competition				[22]	Greek, English
	Czech Republic	Office for the Protection of Competition				[23]	Czech, English
	Denmark	Konkurrencestyrelsen				[24]	Danish, English
	El Salvador	Superintendencia de Competencia				[25]	Spanish
	Estonia	Konkurentsiamet (Estonian Competition Authority)				[26]	Estonian, English
	Finland	Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (Kilpailuvirasto)				[27]	Finnish, English
	France	Autorité de la concurrence				[28]	French
	Georgia	Competition Agency				[29]	Georgian, English
	Germany	Bundeskartellamt				[30]	German
	Greece	Hellenic Competition Commission				[31]	Greek, English
	Hong Kong	Competition Commission				[32]	Cantonese/English
	Hungary	Office of Economic Competition (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal)				[33]	Hungarian, English
	India	Competition Commission of India				[34]	English
	Indonesia	Commission for Supervision of Business Competition, (Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha),				[35]	Indonesian, English
	Ireland	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission				[36]	English, Irish
	Iceland	Icelandic Competition Authority				[37]	Icelandic, English
	Iran	National Iranian Competition Center (NICC)				[38]	Persian
	Israel	Israel Anti-trust Authority				[39]	Hebrew, English
	Italy	Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)				[40]	Italian, English
	Japan	Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)				[41]	Japanese, English
	Jersey	Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA)				[42]	English
	Jordan	Competition Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade				[43]	Arabic, English
	Kazakhstan	Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Competition Protection (Antimonopoly Agency)				[44] [45]	Kazakh, English
	Kenya	Monopolies and Prices Commission of Kenya				[46]	English
	Kosovo	Kosovo Competition Commission				[47]	English, Albanian, Serbian
	Latvia	Competition Council of Latvia (Konkurences padome)				[48]	Latvian, English
	Liechtenstein	Office of National Economy (Amt für Volkswirtschaft)				[49]	German
	Lithuania	Competition Council (Konkurencijos taryba)				[50]	Lithuanian, English
	Luxembourg	Conseil de la concurrence - Inspection de la Concurrence				[51]	French
	Malaysia	Malaysia Competition Commission				[52]	English
	Malta	Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority				[53]	English
	Mexico	Mexican Federal Competition Commission				[54]	Spanish, English
	Republic of Moldova	Consiliul Concurenței (Competition Council)				[55]	Romanian, English
	Netherlands	Autoriteit Consument & Markt				[56]	Dutch, English
	New Zealand	Ministry of Commerce: Competition and Enterprise Branch and New Zealand Commerce Commission				[57]	English, Māori
	Nigeria	Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission				[58]	English
	North Macedonia	Commission for Protection of Competition (Комисијата за заштита на конкуренцијата)				[59]	Macedonian, English
	Norway	Konkurransetilsynet				[60]	Norwegian, English
	Pakistan	Competition Commission of Pakistan				[61]	Urdu
	Peru	Free Competition Commission				[62]	Spanish
	Philippines	Philippine Competition Commission				[63]	English
	Poland	Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów)				[64]	Polish, English
	Portugal	Autoridade da Concorrência				[65]	English, Portuguese
	Romania	Consiliul Concurenței (Competition Council)				[66] Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine	Romanian, English
	Russia	Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia				[67] Archived February 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine	Russian, English
	Singapore	Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore				[68]	English
	Slovakia	Antimonopoly Office				[69]	Slovak, English
	Slovenia	Slovenian Competition Protection Agency				[70]	Slovenian, English
	South Africa	Competition Commission, South African Competition Tribunal				[71] [72]	English
	South Korea	Fair Trade Commission				[73]	Korean, English
	Spain	Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CNC) before September 2007 Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia (TDC)				[74]	Spanish
	Sweden	Konkurrensverket				[75]	Swedish, English
	Switzerland	The Competition Council and Competition Commission (COMCO)				[76]	German, French, Italian
	Taiwan	Fair Trade Commission				[77]	Mandarin, English
	Thailand	Trade Competition Commission				[78]	Thai, English
	Turkey	Rekabet Kurumu				[79]	Turkish, English
	Ukraine	Anti-Monopoly Committee				[80]	Ukrainian, English
	United Kingdom	Competition and Markets Authority				[81]	English
	United States	Federal Trade Commission & United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division				[82] [83]	English
	Venezuela	Pro-Competencia				[84]	Spanish

See also

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

External links

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