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A competition regulator is a government agency, typically a statutory authority, sometimes called an economic regulator, which regulates and enforces competition laws, and may sometimes also enforce consumer protection laws. In addition to such agencies there's often another body responsible for formulating competition policy.
   Many nations implement competition laws, and there's general agreement on acceptable standards of behavior. The degree to which countries enforce their competition policy does vary substantially, with the United States generally regarded as having the most strict competition laws and enforcement.
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 which affect companies (eg. the registrar of companies).
   Regulators may form supranational or international alliances like the ECA (European Competition Authorities), the ICN (International Competition Network), and the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

List of government regulators

In the United Kingdom, the principal competition regulators are the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission, although the sector-specific economic regulators do the job in their industries. For the USA, the principal authorities are the Federal Trade Commission and United States Department of Justice (Antitrust Division).
Flag Flag Country Name ECA ICN OECD Ext Link Language
Andean Community (External Link) English
Argentina Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia (External Link) Spanish
Australia Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and National Competition Council (External Link) (External Link) English
Austria Wettbewerbsbehörde im BMwA (External Link) English
Belgium Raad voor de Mededinging/Conseil de la concurrence
Brazil Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica (External Link) Portuguese
Canada The Competition Bureau (External Link) English
Chile Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia -National Economic Prosecutor's Office (External Link) English
China Ministry of Commerce (External Link) English
Colombia Superintendencia Industria y Comercio (External Link) Spanish
Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition (External Link) English
Czech Republic Office for the Protection of Competition (External Link) English
Denmark Konkurrencestyrelsen (External Link) English
El Salvador Superintendencia de Competencia (External Link) Spanish
Estonia konkurentsiamet (External Link) English
Europe European Surveillance Authority - (ESA) EFTA (External Link) English
European Union European Commission - Directorate-General for Competition (External Link) English
Finland Finnish Competition Authority (Kilpailuvirasto) (External Link) English
France Conseil de la concurrence (External Link) English
Germany Bundeskartellamt (External Link) English
Flag Flag Country Name ECA ICN OECD Ext Link Language
Greece Hellenic Competition Commission (External Link) English
Hungary Office of Economic Competition (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal) (External Link) English
India Competition Commission of India (External Link) English
Indonesia Commission for Supervision of Business Competition, (Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha), (External Link) English
Ireland The Competition Authority, (TCA), (External Link) English
Iceland Icelandic Competition Authority (External Link) English
Israel Israel Anti-trust Authority (External Link) English
Italy Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) (External Link) English
Japan Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) (External Link) English
Kenya Monopolies and Prices Commission of Kenya (External Link) English
Latvia Competition Council (External Link) English
Liechtenstein Office of National Economy (Amt für Volkswirtschaft) (External Link) German
Lithuania Competition Council (External Link) English
Luxembourg Conseil de la concurrence - Inspection de la Concurrence (External Link) French
Malta
Mexico Mexico Federal Competition Commission (External Link) English
The Netherlands Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit (External Link) English
New Zealand and New Zealand Commerce Commission (External Link) English
Norway Konkurransetilsynet (External Link) English
Flag Flag Country Name ECA ICN OECD Ext Link Language
Peru Free Competition Commission (External Link) Spanish
Poland Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (External Link) English
Portugal Autoridade da Concorrência (External Link) English
Russia Federal Antimonopoly Services (External Link) Russian
Slovakia Antimonopoly Office (External Link) English
Slovenia Competition Protection Office of the Republic of Slovenia (External Link) English
South Africa Competition Commission of South Africa, South African Competition Tribunal (External Link) (External Link) English
South Korea Fair Trade Commission (External Link) English
Spain Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia (TDC) (External Link) Spanish
Sweden Konkurrensverket (External Link) English
Switzerland The Competition Council en Switzerland Swiss Competition Commission (External Link) English
Taiwan Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (External Link) English
Turkey Rekabet Kurumu (External Link) English
United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading and Competition Commission (External Link) English
USA Federal Trade Commission and United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (External Link) English
Venezuela Pro-Competencia (External Link) Spanish

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