National Competition Law

 

1. Germany

 

• Bundeskartellamt
• Act Against Restraints of Competition
• Information leaflets of the Bundeskartellamt (Overview):

Principles of interpretation of market dominance: Guidance on Remedies in Merger Control (2016), [Draft] Information leaflet on the German control of concentrations (2005) Factsheet on the Scope of EU merger control (2004) Information leaflet on domestic effect (2014) Other documents: Guidelines for the setting of fines in cartel administrative offence proceedings (2013) Leniency Programme (2006) Information leaflet for the Cooperation for SMUs (2007) Discussion Papers: Prohibition Criteria in Merger Control (2001) Conglomerate Mergers in Merger Control (2006) Buyer Power in Competition Law (2008)

 

2. Member States (in alphabetical order)

 

Austria

• Federal Competition Authority
• Antritrust Law 2005 (german, not available in english)

Belgium

• Competition Autority
• Act on the Protection of Economic Competition (2013, french)

Bulgaria

• Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC)
• Law on Protection of Competition

Croatia

• Competition Agency
• Competition Act (2013)

Cyprus

• Commission for the Protection of Competition
• Law for the Control of Concentrations between untertakings (2014)

Czech Republic

• Office for the Protection of Competition
• Act No. 143/2001 on the Protection of Competition (consolidated)

Denmark

• Competition and Consumer Authority
• Competition Act (2013)
• Executive Order on the Notification of Mergers (2013)

Estonia

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act

Finland

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act (No 948/2011)

France

• Competition Authority (french or engl.)
• Code de Commerce (franz. oder engl.)

Greece

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act

Hungary

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act (Act LVII of 1996) with amendments (April 2015)

Ireland

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act (2014)

Italy

• Antitrust Authority
• Competition and Fair Trading Act (1990)

Latvia

• Competition Council
• Competition Law (December 2009)

Lithuania

• Competition Council
• Law on Competition (2009)

Luxembourg

• Competition Authority (french)
• Competition Act (Mai 2004, french)

Malta

• Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority
• Competition Act (2007)

Netherlands

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act (July 2009)

Poland

• Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
• Act on Competition and Consumer Protection (2007)

Portugal

• Competition Authority
• Law No 19/2012

Romania

• Competition Council
• Competition Law (21/1996)

Slovak Republic

• Antimonopoly Office
• Act on Protection of Competition (136/2001) with amendments (165/2009)

Slovenia

• Competition Protection Office
• Prevention of the Restriction of Competition Act

Spain

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act (15/2007, engl.) und further legislation (engl.)

Sweden

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act

United Kingdom

• Competition and Market Authority (CMA)
• Office of Fair Trading (closed)
• Competition Appeal Tribunal
• Enterprise Act

 

3. Third countries (in alphabetical order)

 

Australia

• Australien Competition & Consumers Commission
• Trade Practices Act 1974 with amendments (May 2009)

Japan

• Fair Trade Commission of Japan (JFTC)
• Antimonopoly Act (1947)

Guidelines (engl.):

• Guidelines Concerning Companies which Constitute an Excessive Concentration of Economic Power (2002)
• Guidelines Concerning Authorization of Acquisition and Holding of Voting Rights by Banking and Insurance Companies under the Provisions of Section 11 of the Antimonopoly Act (2002)
• Guidelines to Application of the Antimonopoly Act Concerning Review of Business Combination (2004, revised 2011)
• Notification System Concerning M&As by Companies outside Japan (1999)
• Policies Concerning Procedures of Review of Buisiness Combination Notification (2011)

New Zealand

• Commerce Commission
• Fair Trading Act (1986)

Norway

• Competition Authority
• Competition Act 2004 with amendments (June 2008)

Russia

• Federal Antimonopoly Service
• Federal Law No. 135-FZ on Protection of Competition (July 2006)

Singapore

• Competition Commission
• Competition Act

Switzerland

• Competition Commission
• Federal Act on Cartels and other Restraints of Competition 1995 with amendments (2014)

South Korea

• South Korean Federal Trade Commission (KFTC)
• Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (PDF)

Turkey

• Competition Authority
• Act on the Protection of Competition (1994)

USA

• Antitrust Division Manual

Antitrust authorities:

• Department of Justice: Antitrust Division, Premerger Notification Unit
• Federal Trade Commission: Bureau of Competition, Premerger Notification Office

Guidelines:

• Horizontal Merger Guildelines 2010, (old version 1997)
• Commentary on the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (2006)
• Horizontal Merger Guidelines (2010)
• Vertical Merger Guidelines (2020), old version: Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines 1984
• Bank Merger Competitive Review - Introduction and Overview (1995)
• Current premerger notification thresholds (Sec. 7A Clayton Act)

Manuals:

• Antitrust Division Manual (actual)
• FTC Administrative Staff Manuals (actual)

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