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					English
	Communidad Andina (Andean Community of Nations)						Spanish
	East African Community	East African Community Competition Authority					English
	ECOWAS	ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority					English, French, Portuguese
	European Union /European Economic Area	European Commission – Directorate-General for Competition					See: Official languages of the European Union
	European Economic Area: Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein (EFTA members)	EFTA Surveillance Authority					English

List of national regulators

Flag	Country	Name	ECA	ICN	OECD	Website	Language
	Albania	Competition Authority					Albanian, English
	Algeria	The Algerian National Competition Council					Arabic, French
	Argentina	Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia					Spanish
	Armenia	State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia					Armenian, English
	Australia	Australian Competition & Consumer Commission					English
	Austria	Wettbewerbsbehörde im BMwA					German, English
	Azerbaijan	State Service for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control					Azerbaijani, English
	Bangladesh	Bangladesh Competition Commission					Bangla, English
	Barbados	Fair Trading Commission					English
	Belgium	Raad voor de Mededinging/Conseil de la concurrence					French/Dutch
	Brazil	Administrative Council for Economic Defense					Portuguese
	Bulgaria	Commission for Protection of Competition					Bulgarian/English
	Canada	Competition Bureau/Bureau de la concurrence				,	English/French
	Chile	Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia -National Economic Prosecutor's Office					Spanish
	China	State Administration for Market Regulation					Chinese
	Colombia	Superintendency of Industry and Commerce				Archived April 22, 2018, at the Wayback Machine	Spanish
	Croatia	Croatian Competition Agency					Croatian, English
	Curaçao	Fair Trade Authority Curaçao		X		[@]	English, Dutch, Papiamentu
	Cyprus	Commission for the Protection of Competition					Greek, English
	Czech Republic	Office for the Protection of Competition					Czech, English
	Denmark	Konkurrencestyrelsen					Danish, English
	El Salvador	Superintendencia de Competencia					Spanish
	Estonia	Konkurentsiamet (Estonian Competition Authority)					Estonian, English
	Finland	Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (Kilpailuvirasto)					Finnish, Swedish, English
	France	Autorité de la concurrence					French
	Georgia	Competition Agency					Georgian, English
	Germany	Bundeskartellamt					German
	Greece	Hellenic Competition Commission					Greek, English
	Hong Kong	Competition Commission					Cantonese/English
	Hungary	Office of Economic Competition (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal)					Hungarian, English
	India	Competition Commission of India					English
	Indonesia	Commission for Supervision of Business Competition, (Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha),					Indonesian, English
	Ireland	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission					English, Irish
	Iceland	Icelandic Competition Authority					Icelandic, English
	Iran	National Iranian Competition Center (NICC)					Persian
	Israel	Israel Anti-trust Authority					Hebrew, English
	Italy	Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)					Italian, English
	Japan	Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)					Japanese, English
	Jersey	Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA)					English
	Jordan	Competition Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade					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)					Kazakh, English
	Kenya	Competition Authority of Kenya					English
	Kosovo	Kosovo Competition Commission					English, Albanian, Serbian
	Latvia	Competition Council of Latvia (Konkurences padome)					Latvian, English
	Liechtenstein	Office of National Economy (Amt für Volkswirtschaft)					German
	Lithuania	Competition Council (Konkurencijos taryba)					Lithuanian, English
	Luxembourg	Conseil de la concurrence - Inspection de la Concurrence					French
	Malaysia	Malaysia Competition Commission					English
	Malta	Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority					English
	Mexico	Mexican Federal Competition Commission					Spanish, English
	Morocco	Competition Council of Morocco					Arabic, French
	Republic of Moldova	Consiliul Concurenței (Competition Council)					Romanian, English
	Netherlands	Autoriteit Consument & Markt					Dutch, English
	New Zealand	Ministry of Commerce: Competition and Enterprise Branch and New Zealand Commerce Commission					English, Māori
	Nigeria	Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission					English
	North Macedonia	Commission for Protection of Competition (Комисијата за заштита на конкуренцијата)					Macedonian, English
	Norway	Konkurransetilsynet					Norwegian, English
	Pakistan	Competition Commission of Pakistan					Urdu
	Peru	Free Competition Commission					Spanish
	Philippines	Philippine Competition Commission					English
	Poland	Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów)					Polish, English
	Portugal	Autoridade da Concorrência					English, Portuguese
	Romania	Consiliul Concurenței (Competition Council)				Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine	Romanian, English
	Russia	Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia				Archived February 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine	Russian, English
	Singapore	Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore					English
	Slovakia	Antimonopoly Office					Slovak, English
	Slovenia	Slovenian Competition Protection Agency					Slovenian, English
	South Africa	Competition Commission, South African Competition Tribunal					English
	South Korea	Fair Trade Commission					Korean, English
	Spain	Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CNC) before September 2007 Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia (TDC)					Spanish
	Sweden	Konkurrensverket					Swedish, English
	Switzerland	The Competition Council and Competition Commission (COMCO)					German, French, Italian
	Taiwan	Fair Trade Commission					Mandarin, English
	Thailand	Trade Competition Commission					Thai, English
	Turkey	Rekabet Kurumu					Turkish, English
	Ukraine	Anti-Monopoly Committee					Ukrainian, English
	United Kingdom	Competition and Markets Authority					English
	United States	Federal Trade Commission & United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division					English
	Venezuela	Pro-Competencia					Spanish

See also

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

External links

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