Competition

APEC Competition Policy and Law Database is a project of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization. It includes 14 categories of information (such as competition policies/laws, judicial cases, international agreements and statistical data) for 21 member economies. The database is searchable and browseable by category and country. The amount and quality of information available varies from country to country. In some cases, the full text is available.

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Policy contains the COMESA Competition Rules, Competition Regulations, Report on the COMESA Regional Competition Law and Policy, and the Report of the COMESA Experts' Meeting on the Regional Compeition Policy, all in PDF format.

Competition Policy, OAS includes links to national legislation on free competition in the Western Hemisphere, links to competition agencies in the Western Hemisphere and other Regions, links FTAA Publications prepared by the Trade Unit of OAS, information on regional and global organizations working with competition policy issues, essays and other published papers analyzing competition policy issues, and links to journals specialized in competition policy matters.

European Commission Competition Web Site contains a wealth of information on European Union competition law, including legislation, case law, international agreements, reports and other documents. Full text of competition legislation from individual member states is also available, as well as links to competition authorities and related ministries in each country.

Global Competition Law Forum (International Bar Association) provides links to the world's competition laws by region and than by country.

OECD Competition Law and Policy Home Page is an excellent source of information on national competition laws and policies. It also makes available the full text of many reports and recommendations from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Other Antitrust Sites Worldwide (DOJ) is a list of foreign government antitrust web sites.

UNCTAD Competition Law and Policy and Consumer Protection site offers several useful resources from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: a Directory of Competition Authorities, the annual Handbook on Competition Legislation, the Model Law on Competition, and other documents and reports on competition law.

WTO Competition Policy site provides access to official documents of WTO competition policy - annual reports, minutes, and working documents. Documents are available in English, French and Spanish.

Full Text of International Instruments

Antitrust Cooperation Agreements (USDOJ)

Bilateral Competition Agreements (European Commission)

Model Law on Competition (UNCTAD)

Multilateral Competition Agreements (European Commission)

Recommendation of the Council Concerning Co-operation between Member Countries on Anticompetitive Practices Affecting International Trade (OECD)

Recommendation of the Council Concerning Effective Action Against Hard Core Cartels (OECD)

Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices (UNCTAD)

Government Documents & International Organization Programs

Andean Community Competition Law Page includes links to primary documents, in Spanish

Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations (FTC/DOJ)

Final Report of the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (United States Department of Justice), issued February 2000, contains several chapters on multijurisdictional mergers.

Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Negotiating Group on Competition Policy

Global Competition Forum - Enforcement Agencies lists enforcement agencies by region, then by country.

Horizontal Merger Guidelines (FTC and USDOJ) Issued April 2, 1992; revised April 8, 1997

Merger Enforcement Information (USDOJ)

Model Law on Competition 2003 (UNCTAD)

National Competition Links: National Competition Authorities (UNCTAD) is a collection of links to competition authorities of 57 countries and the EU.

National Competition Legislation (UNCTAD) links to competition legislations of 15 countries.

Organization of American States (OAS) Competition Policy

Cases

Antitrust Case Filings (USDOJ)

Commission Actions - U.S. Federal Trade Commission

European Commission Antitrust Cases