Competition regulator

A competition regulator is a government agency, typically a statutory authority, which regulates competition laws, and may sometimes also regulate 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 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 suprnational 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 regulators are the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission, for the USA the Federal Trade Commission and United States Department of Justice (Antitrust Division).
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Flag	Country	Name	ECA	ICN	OECD	Ext Link	Language
Andean Community		[1]	English
	Argentina	Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia		[2]	Spanish
	Australia	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and National Competition Council			[3] [4]	English
		Austria	Wettbewerbsbehörde im BMwA				[5]	English
		Belgium	Raad voor de Mededinging/Conseil de la Concurrence
	Brazil	Conselho Administrative de Defensa Economica		[6]	Portuguese
	Canada	The Competition Bureau			[7]	English
	Chile	Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia -National Economic Prosecutor's Office		[8]	English
	China	Ministry of Commerce	[9]	English
	Colombia	Superintendencia Industria y Comercio		[10]	Spanish
		Cyprus	Commission for the Protection of Competition			[11]	English
		Czech Republic	Office for the Protection of Competition				[12]	English
		Denmark	Konkurrencestyrelsen				[13]	English
		Germany	Bundeskartelamt				[14]	English
		Estonia	konkurentsiamet			[15]	English
	Europe	European Surveillance Authority - (ESA) EFTA			[16]	English
	European Union	European Commission Directoraat-Generaal Mededinging			[17]	English
		Finland	Finnish Competition Authority (Kilpailuvirasto)				[18]	English
		France	Conseil de la Concurrence				[19]	English
Flag	Flag	Country	Name	ECA	ICN	OECD	Ext Link!Language
		Greece	Hellenic Competition Commission				[20]	English
		Hungary	Office of Economic Competition (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal				[21]	English
	India	Competition Commission of India		[22]	English
		Ireland	The Competition Authority, (TCA),			[23]	English
	Iceland	Icelandic Competition Authority				[24]	English
	Israel	Israel Anti-trust Authority		[25]	English
		Italy	Autorita Garanta della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)				[26]	English
		Japan	Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)			[27]	English
	Kenya	Monopolies and Prices Commission of Kenya		[28]	English
		Latvia	Competition Council			[29]	English
	Liechtenstein	Office of National Economy (Amt für Volkswirtschaft)		[30]	German
		Lithuania	Competition Council			[31]	English
		Luxembourg	Conseil de la Concurrence - Inspection de la Concurrence				[32]	French
		Malta

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