Competition authority

Competition Authority (English version)

Competition authority

The State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (English version)

Competition authority

ACCC

Other bodies

National Competition Council
Research and advisory body; main function is to recommend on the regulation of third party access to services (see section 29B of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010)

Legislation

Competition and Consumer Act 2010

Web Resources

Australian Competition Law
Includes more detailed list of links

The Cartel Project (University of Melbourne)

Centre for Competition and Consumer Policy (ANU, Australia)

Competition authority

Belgian Competition Authority

Council of Competition

Directorate-General for Competition

Legislation

Act on the Protection of Economic Competition

Competition authority

Secretariat for Economic Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance

Law

Law 8,884/94 (Competition Law)

Competition agencies/authorities

Competition Bureau

Department of Justice

Judicial bodies

Competition Tribunal

Legislation

Competition Act (RSC, 1985, c C-34)
From DOJ website

Associations

Canadian Bar Association - National Competition Law Section

Useful Sites

IP and Competition Law in Canada (Blog)

Competition authority/agency

Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)

Anti-Monopoly Bureau

Law

Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) (August 2008)

Competition authority

Office for the Protection of Competition (English)

Merger Guidelines

Guidelines and documents (at the OPC) (English)
This page includes merger guidelines

Croation Competition Authority (English)
Note, new Competition Act entered into force on 1 October 2010

Competition authority

Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (English)

Legislation

Competition Act

Competition agency

Konkurentsiamet
Estonian Competition Authority (available in English)

Competition agencies

Directorate-General for Competition

EFTA Surveillance Authority - Competition
"The EFTA Surveillance Authority monitors compliance with European Economic Area rules in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, enabling them to participate in the European internal market"

Law

Articles 101-106 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Cases

Competition Law Cases

Competition authority

Finnish Competition Authority (in English)
Includes merger page

Law

Competition Act (948/2011) Chapter 4

Competition agencies

Autorite de la concurrence (Competition Authority) (limited English verion available)

General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (in French limited English translations)

Law

French Code of commercial law (Code de commerce)

Competition agencies

Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) (English)

Merger control page

Monopolies Commission (English available)

Law

Act against Restraints of Competition

Law

Competition (Guernsey) Ordinance 2012, section 13(1)

Authority

Competition Regulatory Authority (collectively (with the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority) the 'Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities')

Competition agencies

Competition Commission

Competition Tribunal

Law

Competition Ordinance (enacted 14 June 2012)
[No general merger regime; sector specific merger regime - telecommunications]

See Norton Rose Briefing, 'The Hong Kong Competition Ordinance' (June 2012)

See Oliver Bretz, Thomas Vinje, 'Hong Kong enacts competition law' (Clifford Chance Client Briefing, 15 June 2012)

Ching-yi Fung, 'Hong Kong Competition Bill: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back', (2012) 35(1) World Competition 165-190

Competition agencies

Competition Authority

Competition Agencies

Competition Commission

Competition Appellate Tribunal

Law

Competition Act 2002
Also available from CAT - see alternate source

See also regulations

Competition authority

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)
The Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency amalgamated to form the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) on the 31 October 2014

Legislation

Competition Act 2002

Cases and legislation

Irish Competition Authority Decisions (at BAILII)

Competition Authority

Israel Antitrust Authority

Law

Restrictive Trade Practices Law 1988

Competition authority

Jamaica Fair Trade Commission (English page)

Law

The Fair Competition Act

Competition agency

Fair Trade Commission (English page)

Law

Antimonopoly Act

Rules on Applications for Approval, Reporting, Notification, etc. Pursuant to the Provisions of Articles 9 to 16 of the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade

Authority

Competition Regulatory Authority (collectively (with the Gurensey Competition and Regulatory Authority) the 'Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities')

Law

The Competition (Jersey) Law 2005 (Part 4: Mergers and Acquisitions)

Competition authority

Fair Trade Commission

Law

Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act

Competition authority

Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC)

Law

Competition Act 2010 (in force 1 January 2012)
Deals with anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance

See also Handbook on Competition Act 2010 (July 2012)

Competition authority

Federal Competition Commission

Law

Federal Law on Economic Competition

Competition authority

Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) (replaced the NMA in 2013)

Law

Dutch Competition Act
See also NMa summary of sections of the Act

Competition authority and relevant government agency

Commerce Commission (see Mergers page)

Merger Clearances Register (see also clearances page)

Merger Authorisations Register (see also authorisation page)

Ministry of Economic Development (Competition Policy page)

Law

Commerce Act 1986

Competition agency

Office of Competition and Consumer Protection

Law

Act of 16 February 2007 on competition and consumer protection (and related regulations)

Competition agency

Competition Commission Singapore (CCS)

Law

Competition Act

Competition agencies and judicial bodies

Competition Commission (see Mergers page)

Competition Tribunal (see Merger Notification and Procedures Page)

Competition Appeal Court

Legislation

Competition Commission legislation page

Competition Act, No 89 of 1998

The Competition Act of 2009

Competition agency

Competition Commission

Law

251.4 Ordinance of 17 June 1996 on the Control of Concentrations of Undertakings (Merger Control Ordinance, MCO)

Competition agencies

Fair Trade Commission (English site)

Law

Fair Trade Act

Competition agency

Turkish Competition Authority (English site)

Law

The Act on the Protection of Competition (No 4054, 7 December 1994)

Resources

Turkish Competition Bulletin
News and Resources (including legislation) in English

Competition agencies

Competition and Markets Authority

Law

Enterprise Act (see also Overview of the Enterprise Act)

Competition agencies

Department of Justice - Antitrust Division

Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Competition

Law

US Code – Title 15 (Commerce and Trade) - Chapter 1 (Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade

Reports

International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC), Final Report to the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust (2000)
See, in particular, chapters 2-3 relating to merger control.

History/background

The Antitrust magazine has run a series of articles on 'trustbusters', which provides some interesting background into early US competition law development.

William Kolasky, 'Thurman Arnold: An American Original' (2013) 27(3) Antitrust 89

William Kolasky, 'The Election of 1912: A Pivotal Moment in Antitrust History' (2011) 25(3) Antitrust 82

William Kolasky, 'Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft: Marching Toward Armageddon' (2011) 25(2) Antitrust 97

Robert T Joseph, 'John Lord O'Brian, Hoover's Antitrust Chief, Gives the FTC an Antitrust Lesson' (2010) 25(1) Antitrust 88

William Kolasky, 'Chief Justice Edward Douglass White and the Birth of the Rule of Reason' (2010) 24(3) Antitrust 77