National resources
A comprehensive list of competition authorities can be found on the International Competition Network's website.
Albania
Competition authority
Competition Authority (English version)
Armenia
Competition authority
The State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (English version)
Australia
Competition authority
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
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)
Belgium
Competition authority
Legislation
Brazil
Canada
Competition agencies/authorities
Judicial bodies
Legislation
Competition Act (RSC, 1985, c C-34)
From DOJ website
Associations
Useful Sites
China
Competition authority/agency
Law
Czech Republic
Competition authority
Office for the Protection of Competition (English)
Merger Guidelines
Guidelines and documents (at the OPC) (English)
This page includes merger guidelines
Croatia
Croation Competition Authority (English)
Note, new Competition Act
entered into force on 1 October 2010
Denmark
Competition authority
Legislation
Estonia
Competition agency
Konkurentsiamet
Estonian Competition Authority (available in English)
European Union
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
Finland
France
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)
Germany
Competition agencies
Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) (English)
Monopolies Commission (English available)
Law
Guernsey
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')
Hong Kong
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
Hungary
Competition agencies
India
Competition Agencies
Law
Competition Act 2002
Also available from CAT - see alternate source
See also regulations
Ireland
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
Cases and legislation
Irish Competition Authority Decisions (at BAILII)
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
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)
Korea
Malaysia
Competition authority
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)
Mexico
Netherlands
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
New Zealand
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)
Law
Poland
Competition agency
Law
Act of 16 February 2007 on competition and consumer protection (and related regulations)
Singapore
South Africa
Competition agencies and judicial bodies
Competition Commission (see Mergers page)
Competition Tribunal (see Merger Notification and Procedures Page)
Legislation
Competition Commission legislation page
Switzerland
Competition agency
Law
Taiwan
Turkey
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
United Kingdom
United States
Competition agencies
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