Useful linksAUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION
The Commission has responsibility for enforcement of the Trade Practices Act, which covers anti-competitive and unfair market practices, mergers or acquisitions.
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/142 AUSTRIA
General information, legislation, contact. Federal Competition Authority
http://www.bwb.gv.at/BWB/default.htm BELGIUM
Regulation of competition in Belgium - includes competition legislation.
http://economie.fgov.be/en/entreprises/competition/index.jsp BRAZIL
Full text of legislation, cases. In Portuguese and English
Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE)
http://www.cade.gov.br/ BRAZIL (2)
In Portuguese only. É o principal órgão do Poder Executivo encarregado de acompanhar os preços da economia.
Secretariat for Economic Monitoring (Seae)
http://www.fazenda.gov.br/seae/ BRAZIL (3)
In Portuguese only - formular, promover, supervisionar e coordenar a política de proteção da ordem econômica.
http://www.mj.gov.br/sde/ BULGARIA
The Commission is responsible for anti-trust matters and State aid control. The website is available in Bulgarian and English and contains information on the role of the Commission, the 1998 law on the Protection of Competition, and published cases.
Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC)
http://www.cpc.bg/ BULGARIA (2)
Official web site of State Aid Department.
Ministry of Finance - State aid department
http://www.stateaid-bg.org/finance/opencms/finance CANADA
Full text of regulations, publications, reports, etc. In English and French.
http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/ CHINESE STATE ADMINISTRATION FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE
The competent authority directly under the State Council in charge of market supervision/regulation and related law enforcement through administrative means.
http://www.saic.gov.cn CYPRUS
The Commission is responsible for anti-trust matters.
Commission for the Protection of Competition (C.P.C.)
http://www.competition.gov.cy/competition/competition.nsf/index_en/index_en?opendocument CYPRUS (2)
The mission of the Office of the Commissioner for Public Aid is the effective implementation of the legislation on the control of Public Aid. The website is also available in English.
Office of the Commissioner for Public Aid
http://www.publicaid.gov.cy/publicaid/publicaid.nsf/dmlindex_gre/dmlindex_gre?OpenDocument CZECH REPUBLIC
The Office is responsible both for anti-trust and State aid matters in the Czech Republic. The website is mostly in Czech with some important information available in English including the Act on the Protection of Economic Competition.
Office for the Protection of Economic Competition
http://www.compet.cz/ DENMARK
The Danish competition authority, of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Full text documents, in Danish, English.
Konkurrencestyrelsen
http://www.ks.dk/ EFTA
Official home page of EFTA. Includes documentary database with full text references.
http://www.efta.int/ EFTA COURT
Official EFTA Court site. Full text access to press releases, court decisions, publications, …
http://www.eftacourt.int EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY
Details of activities, organisation, etc. Full text of annual reports, press releases (look under "Publications"). Documentary database with full text references. Specific for Competition (see field of work competition)
http://www.eftasurv.int/ ESTONIA
The website is available in Estonian and English and contains relevant legislation, (including the 1998 Competition Act), annual reports and general information on the role and structure of the Office responsible for anti-trust matters.
Konkurentsiamet (Estonian Competition Board)
http://www.konkurentsiamet.ee/ ESTONIA (2)
The Division of Competition and State aid within the Ministry of Finance is responsible for State aid matters.
Ministry of Finance
http://www.fin.ee/ FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION - ANTITRUST/COMPETITION (US)
Tests of opinions, press releases, etc. Background information on US antitrust law and procedures
http://www.ftc.gov/bc/index.shtml FINLAND
Finnish Competition Authority. General information, legislation, selected cases, press releases.
Kilpailuvirasto
http://www.kilpailuvirasto.fi/cgi-bin/suomi.cgi FRANCE
French Competition Council. Conseil de la Concurrence
http://www.conseil-concurrence.fr/user/index.php FRANCE (2)
Competition division of the French Ministry of Economic Affairs. Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Repression des Fraudes
http://www.finances.gouv.fr/DGCCRF/ GENERAL INFORMATION ON EU COMPETITION LAW
General Information on EU competition law (legislation, case-law, press releases, publications, national implementation, etc.)
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/index_en.html GERMANY
German Competition Authority. General information on mergers, antitrust law, legislation text, annual reports, list of decisions, press releases.
Bundeskartellamt
http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/ GERMANY (2)
News, press releases. Some full text documents.
Monopolkommission
http://www.monopolkommission.de GREECE
Hellenic Competition Commission
http://www.epant.gr/ HUNGARY
The Office is responsible for anti-trust matters. The website is available in Hungarian and English and contains relevant legislation, annual reports as well as information about procedures and recent developments in the competition field.
Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (Office of Economic Competition)
http://www.gvh.hu/ ICELAND
Mainly in Icelandic, though the Icelandic Competition Law and the Merger Notification template are available in English.
http://www.samkeppni.is/ INDIA - COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA
The Competition Act, regulations, orders and notifications issued by the government of India.
http://www.cci.gov.in IRELAND
Full text of decisions, published papers, press releases.
Irish Competition Authority
http://www.tca.ie/ ISRAEL - ANTI-TRUST AUTHORITY
Israeli Anti-trust Authority (in English and Hebrew)
http://www.antitrust.gov.il/eng/ ITALY
Italian Competition Legislation in Italian, English. Full text of annual reports, weekly bulletins, press releases.
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
http://www.agcm.it/ JAPAN
Full text of legislation, annual report, speeches, etc. (in English).
Fair Trade Commission
http://www.jftc.go.jp/ KOREA
Full text of legislation, regulations. Contact information.
Fair Trade Commission
http://eng.ftc.go.kr/ LATVIA
The Council is responsible for decision-making on anti-trust matters and is supported in investigations by the Competition Bureau. The web site is available in Latvian and English and includes the relevant legislation.
Competition Council of Latvia
http://www.kp.gov.lv/ LATVIA (2)
The website is in English and contains information on Latvian State aid policy, a survey of state and local government aid to business in 1998 and the Annual Report on State Aid in Manufacturing and certain other sectors for 1999.
State aid Surveillance Commission
http://www.fm.gov.lv/page.php?id=113 LITHUANIA
Site of Lithuanian Competition authority (antitrust and State aid matters). Contains information in Lithuanian and in English, including the Competition Law 1999 and the Law on Monitoring State aid to Undertakings and annual reports.
Competition Council (Konkurencijos taryba)
http://www.konkuren.lt/ LUXEMBOURG - COMPETITION DIRECTORATE
Direction de la concurrence
http://www.concurrence.public.lu/ LUXEMBOURG - COMPETITION INSPECTORATE
Inspection de la concurrence
http://www.concurrence.public.lu/ MALTA
Ministry for Competitiveness & Communications
http://finance.gov.mt/page.aspx?site=CCD&page=default MEXICO
Full text of relevant legislation, decisions. Annual reports available in English.
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/826772/fromItemId/815972/quickLinkId/816517/whichType/org NETHERLANDS
Full text of decisions, legislation, press releases, general information. Some texts in English.
Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit
http://www.nmanet.nl/nederlands/home/index.asp NEW ZEALAND COMMERCE COMMISSION
Full text of reports, media releases, guidelines...
http://www.comcom.govt.nz/ NORWAY
Full text of legislation, annual reports, press releases, etc.
Konkurransetilsynet (Norwegian Competition Authority)
http://www.konkurransetilsynet.no/ OECD COMPETITION COMMITTEE
Information, activities, publications of the OECD in the field of competition
http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37463_1_1_1_1_37463,00.html OECD ROUND TABLES
Full text of OECD Round Tables, including many in competition policy
http://www.oecd.org/home/ OECD-COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY IN OECD COUNTRIES (ANNUAL REPORTS)
Online Annual Reports on Competition of the OECD.
Competition law and policy in OECD countries (Annual Reports)
http://www.oecd.org/countrylist/0,2578,en_2649_34715_28325800_1_1_1_1,00.html ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Homepage of the OECD - info on the organisation, its publications, its Member States. Statistics. Search facilities available.
http://www.oecd.org/home/ POLAND
The Office is responsible both for anti-trust and State aid matters. Site also in English.
Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
http://www.uokik.gov.pl/ Portugal
Includes full text of Portuguese competition legislation and publications.
Autoridade da concorrência
http://www.autoridadedaconcorrencia.pt/ RECENT COMPETITION LAW ISSUES
http://ec.europa.eu ROMANIA
The Romanian autonomous administrative authority on the competition field. It represents Romania in the relationships with specialized international organizations and institutions. The website is available in Romanian and English.
Competition Council
http://www.competition.ro/ ROMANIA (2)
Responsible for anti-trust investigations and for monitoring and reporting on State aid. The website is available in Romanian and English and contains information on the set-up and role of the Office, regional contacts and legislation.
Competition Office (Oficiul Concurentei)
http://www.consiliulconcurentei.ro/ RUSSIA
Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation
http://www.fas.gov.ru/english/structure/452.shtml SLOVAKIAConsult
The Office is responsible for anti-trust matters. The website is available in Slovak and English and contains an overview of the Office's main activities, contact details, annual reports and the Act on the Protection of Economic Competition 1994.
Antimonopoly Office
http://www.antimon.gov.sk/ SLOVENIA
The State Aid Commission, affiliated to the Ministry of Finance, is responsible for State aid matters. The Ministry's site is available in Slovenian and English.
Ministry of Finance
http://www.gov.si/mf/ SLOVENIA (2)
The Office is responsible for anti-trust matters. The website is available in Slovene and English and contains an overview of the Office's main activities as well as the Prevention of the Restriction of Competition Act.
Office for Protection of Economic Competition
http://www.uvk.gov.si/ SOUTH AFRICA COMPETITION COMMISSION
Official authority of South Africa empowered to investigate, control and evaluate restrictive business practices, abuse of dominant positions and mergers in order to achieve equity and efficiency in the South African economy.
http://www.compcom.co.za/ SPAIN
Legislation, structure, functions, annual reports, decisions, resolutions etc.
Servicio de Defensa de la Competencia
http://www.cncompetencia.es SPAIN (2)
Decisions, reports etc. in full text.
Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia
http://www.cncompetencia.es SWEDEN
Organisation, decisions, publications, Swedish Competition Act in English.
Konkurrensverkt
http://www.kkv.se SWITZERLAND
Legislation, press releases. In three languages.
Commission de la concurrence
http://www.weko.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en SWITZERLAND (2)
From the website of the Swiss Commission de la Concurrence.
Legislation sur la concurrence
http://www.weko.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en TAIWAN
Information and legislation in Chinese and English.
Fair Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov.tw THE ANTITRUST CASE BROWSER (US)
Browse antitrust cases before the US Supreme Court by date, by party, by area of law and by product. Summaries of judgements.
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/becker/antitrust/ TURKEY
Legislation, list of decisions, etc. (also in English).
Competition Authority (Rekabet Kuruma)
http://www.rekabet.gov.tr/ UKRAINE
In Ukrainian only. News, legislation, activities of the Committee, journal Konkurencija.
Antimonopoly Committee of the Ukraine
http://www.amc.gov.ua/ UNITED KINGDOM
News, lists of MMC/Competion Commission reports.
Competition Commission
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/ UNITED KINGDOM (2)
UK competition authority : consumer protection, anti-competitive practices, reports, news.
Office of Fair Trading
http://www.oft.gov.uk/ UNITED KINGDOM (3)
Transcripts of (and other useful information relating to) UK competition law appeals.
Competition Appeal Tribunal
http://www.catribunal.org.uk WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
Languages: English, French and Spanish. Contents: trade topics (e.g., goods, intellectual property, regionalism, etc.), news, publications, archives.
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