“There are at least 100 systems of competition law in the world today. Some of these laws date back more than a century: the US, for example, enacted the Sherman Act in 1890. The competition rules of the European Union were adopted by the Treaty of Rome of 1957. The German Act Against Unfair Restraints of Competition was also adopted in 1957. Antitrust law in the United Kingdom began with the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Inquiry and Control) Act of 1948. The first competition law in Japan was the Act Concerning Prohibition of Private Monopoly and Maintenance of Fair Trade of 1947. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the number of systems of competition law has proliferated. Competition law is now in place in all six continents, and in all kinds of economies—large, small, continental, island, advanced, developing, industrial, trading, agricultural, liberal and post-communist. Following are various sources of information on the countries that have adopted systems of competition law.”
(Asian Development Bank)
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The following are links to some of the key global competition/antitrust law enforcement agencies:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION NETWORK (ICN)
International Competition Network
COUNTRIES
Albania
Albanian Competition Authority
Andean Community
General Secretariat, Competition page
Argentina
National Commission for the Defence of Competition
Armenia
State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition
Australia
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Austria
Austrian Federal Competition Authority
Azerbaijan
Antimonopoly State Service, Ministry of Economic Development
Barbados
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brazil
Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE)
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition
Canada
Chile
Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia
China
State Administration for Industry and Commerce
Ministry of Commerce, Anti-Monopoly Bureau
National Development and Reform Commission
Colombia
Superintendent of Industry and Commerce
Costa Rica
Costa Rica Competition Commission
Cyprus
Commission for the Protection of Competition
Czech Republic
Office for Protection of Competition
Denmark
Egypt
Egyptian Competition Authority
El Salvador
Superintendencia de Competencia
Estonia
EU
European Commission – Directorate General for Competition
Faroe Islands
The Competition Council of the Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
Free Trade Area of the Americas
Germany
Greece
Hellenic Competition Commission
Greenland
Holland
Honduras
Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Competition (CDPC)
Hungary
Hungarian Competition Authority
India
Competition Commission of India
Indonesia
Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Italian Autorita Garanta della Concurrenza e del Mercato
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Competition Regulatory Authority
Jordan
Competition Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Trade
Kazakhstan
Korea
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Commerce
Macedonia
Commission for the Protection of Competition
Mauritius
Competition Commission of Mauritius
Mexico
Federal Competition Commission of Mexico
Moldova
Moldovan National Agency for the Protection of Competition (NAPC)
Morocco
Conseil de la Concurrence du Maroc
The Netherlands
The Netherlands Competition Authority
New Zealand
New Zealand Commerce Commission
Nicaragua
Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade
Norway
Norwegian Competition Authority
Organization of American States (OAS)
Foreign Trade Information System
Pakistan
Competition Commission of Pakistan
Panama
Authority for Consumer Protection and the Defense of Competition
Papua New Guinea
Independent Consumer and Competition Commission
Peru
Defense of Competition Chamber (INDECOPI)
Philippines
Bureau of Trade, Regulation and Consumer Protection (BTRCP)
Poland
Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
Portugal
Portuguese Competition Authority
Romania
Russian Federation
Senegal
National Competition Commission
Serbia
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Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Comision Nacional de la Competencia
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
UK
Department of Trade and Industry
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
Consumer Defense Area, Directorate-General of Commerce, Ministry of Economy and Finance
Vietnam
WTO
Yemen
Ministry of Industry and Trade
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