Competition & Consumer Protection Authorities Worldwide

The following jurisdictions have antitrust or consumer protection laws. Follow the selected link to the consumer protection or competition agency’s web site.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Country	Competition Agency	Consumer Protection Agency
Afghanistan	Competition Promotion and Consumer Protection Directorate (CPCPD)
Albania	Competition Authority	Consumer Protection Commission
Algeria	Competition Council
Angola	Competition Regulatory Authority
Andean Community	General Secretariat
Argentina	National Commission for the Defense of Competition	Undersecretary of Consumer Defense
Armenia	State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition
Australia	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Austria	Federal Competition Authority (BWB)	Federal Ministry for Social and Consumer Protection
Azerbaijan	State Service for Antimonopoly Policy and Consumer Rights' Protection
Bangladesh	Competition Commission	Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection
Barbados	Fair Trading Commission
Belarus	The Antimonopoly Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Belgium	Belgian Competition Authority	Commission for the Protection of Privacy
Benin	Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Employment Promotion; Management of Competition and Internal Trade
Bhutan		Office of Consumer Protection, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Council of Competition	Council for Protection of Consumers
Botswana	Competition Authority	Consumer Protection Unit, Department of Trade and Consumer Protection
Brazil	Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE)	Office of Consumer Protection and Defense, Ministry of Justice
Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Competition Commission
Brunei Darussalam	Competition and Consumer Affairs Department, Department of Economic Planning and Development
Bulgaria	Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC)	Commission for Trade and Consumer Protection
Burkina Faso	National Commission of Competition and Consumption
Cameroon	National Competition Committee
Canada	Competition Bureau Canada
	Competition Tribunal
		Office of Consumer Affairs
		Consumer Measures Committee
Caribbean Community	CARICOM Competition Commission
Chile	National Economic Prosecutor	National Consumer Service (SERNAC)
Chile	Tribunal for the Defense of Free Competition
China	State Administration for Market Regulation
Colombia	Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)	COMESA Competition Commission
Costa Rica	Commission for the Promotion of Competition	Consumer Protection Agency
Côte d’Ivoire	Competition Commission Department of Competition
Croatia	Croatian Competition Agency	Consumer Protection Department, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship
Curaçao	Fair Trade Authority
Cyprus	Commission for the Protection of Competition	Commission for Personnel Data Protection
Czech Republic	Office for the Protection of Competition	Ministry of Industry and Trade
Denmark	Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
Denmark		Danish Consumer Ombudsman
Dominican Republic	Procompetencia	Pro-Consumidor
East African Community	Competition Authority
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)
Ecuador	Superintendent for the Control of Market Power
Egypt	Egyptian Competition Authority	Egyptian Consumer Protection Agency
El Salvador	Superintendence of Competition	Defensoría del Consumidor
Estonia	Competition Authority	Consumer Protection Board
Eswatini	Swaziland Competition Commission
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Trade Competition and Consumer Protection Authority
Eurasian Economic Commission	Eurasian Economic Commission
European Union	Competition Directorate (DG- COMP)	Health and Consumer Directorate (DG-SANCO)
European Free Trade Association	EFTA Surveillance Authority
Faroe Islands	Faroese Competition Authority
Fiji	Commerce Commission
Finland	Competition and Consumer Authority
France	Competition Authority
France	Directorate-General of Competition, Consumption and the Repression of Fraud
French Polynesia	Polynesian Competition Authority
Gambia	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Georgia	Georgia Competition Agency
Germany	Federal Cartel Office	German Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
Greece	Hellenic Competition Commission	General Secretariat of Consumer Affairs
Greenland	Greenland Competition Authority
Guernsey	Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities
Guyana	Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission
Honduras	Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Competition	Honduras Consumer Protection Agency
Hong Kong	Competition Commission
Hungary	Hungarian Competition Authority	Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection
Iceland	Competition Authority	The Consumer Agency
India	Competition Commission of India National Company Law Appellate Tribunal	Department of Consumer Affairs
Indonesia	Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition (KPPU)	National Consumer Protection Agency
Iran	Competition Council
Ireland	The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Israel	Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA)	Director of Consumer Protection
Italy	Italian Competition Authority
Italy		Ministry for Economic Development, Directorate-General for Market Harmonization and Consumer Protection (DGAMTC)
Jamaica	Fair Trading Commission
Jamaica		Consumer Affairs Commission
Japan	Japan Fair Trade Commission	Consumer Affairs Agency
Jersey	Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities
Jordan	Competition Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade
Kazakhstan	Agency for Competition Protection
Kenya	Competition Authority of Kenya
Kosovo	Kosovo Competition Commission
Kuwait	Competition Protection Authority
Kyrgyz Republic	State Commission for Antimonopoly Policy
Latvia	Competition Council	Consumer Rights Protection Centre
Liechtenstein	Office of Economic Affairs (AVW)
Lithuania	Competition Council	State Consumer Rights Protection Authority
Luxembourg	Competition Council
Macedonia	Commission for Protection of Competition
Madagascar	Competition Council Directorate for Competition and Market Regulation (DCRM)
Malawi	Competition and Fair Trading Commission
Malaysia	Malaysia Competition Commission
Mali	National Directorate for Commerce and Competition (DNCC)
Malta	Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority
Mauritius	Competition Commission of Mauritius	Consumer Protection Unit, Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Protection
Mexico	Federal Economic Competition Commission	Federal Consumer Protection Commission (Profeco)
Moldova	Competition Council
Mongolia	Authority for Fair Competition and Consumer Protection
Montenegro	Administration for Protection of Competition
Morocco	Competition Council
Mozambique	Competition Regulatory Authority
Namibia	Competition Commission
Netherlands	Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets
New Zealand	Commerce Commission
New Zealand		Ministry of Consumer Affairs
Nicaragua	Procompetencia
Nigeria	Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Norway	Norwegian Competition Authority	Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman
Oman	Public Authority for Consumer Protection
Pakistan	Competition Commission of Pakistan
Panama	Authority for Consumer Protection and Competition Defense
Papua New Guinea	Independent Consumer and Competition Commission
Paraguay	National Competition Commission (CONACOM)	National Integrated Consumer Protection System
Peru	National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI)
Philippines	Philippine Competition Commission	Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection, Department of Trade and Industry
Poland	Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
Portugal	Competition Authority	National Commission for Data Protection
Portugal	Competition Authority	Directorate- General for Consumers, Ministry of Economy and Innovation (DGC)
Qatar	Competition Protection and Anti-Monopoly Committee
Romania	Competition Council	National Authority for Consumer Protection
Russian Federation	Federal Antimonopoly Service	Federal Service on Customers' Rights
Saudi Arabia	General Authority for Competition	Consumer Protection Association
Senegal	National Competition Commission
Serbia	Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC)	Sector for Trade, Consumer Protection and Price Policy, Ministry of Trade and Services
Seychelles	Seychelles Fair Trading Commission
Singapore	Competition and Consumer Commission
Slovak Republic	Antimonopoly Office	Consumer Protection Department, Ministry of Economy
Slovenia	Competition Protection Office
South Africa	Competition Commission	National Consumer Commission
South Africa	Competition Tribunal	National Consumer Tribunal
South Korea	Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)
Spain	National Commission of Markets and Competition	National Institute of Consumers
Sri Lanka	Consumer Affairs Authority
Sweden	Swedish Competition Authority	Swedish Consumer Agency
Switzerland	Competition Commission	Federal Consumer Affairs Bureau
Syria	Competition Commission
Taiwan	Fair Trade Commission	Consumer Protection Committee, Executive Yuan
Tajikistan	State Agency on Antimonopoly Policy and Support of Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Economics and Trade
Tanzania	Fair Competition Commission
Thailand	Office of Trade Competition Commission (OTCC)	Consumer Protection Board
Trinidad and Tobago	Fair Trading Commission
Tunisia	Competition Council
Tunisia	General Director of Competition and Domestic Trade
Turkey	Turkish Competition Authority (Rekabet Kurumu)
Ukraine	Antimonopoly Committee	State Committee of Ukraine for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy
United Arab Emirates	Competition Regulation Committee of the Ministry of Economy
United Kingdom	Competition and Markets Authority
United States	Federal Trade Commission
United States	Department of Justice
Uruguay	Commission for Promotion and Defense of Competition	Consumer Defense Area, Directorate-General of Commerce, Ministry of Economy and Finance (ADECO)
Uzbekistan	Antimonopoly Committee
Venezuela	Superintendence for the Promotion and Protection of Free Competition (Pro-Competencia)	Institute for the Defense of People's Access to Goods and Services
Vietnam	Vietnam Competition Authority
Vietnam	Vietnam Competition Council
West African Economic and Monetary Union
Yemen	Public Administration to Promote Competition and Prevent Monopoly and Commercial Fraud	Ministry of Industry and Trade
Zambia	Zambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Zimbabwe	Competition and Tariff Commission

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