Links & Contacts

Central Office of Information - for links to Government press releases

http://www.coi.gov.uk

Department for Culture Media and Sport

http://www.culture.gov.uk

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

http://www.defra.gov.uk

The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (DBERR)

http://www.berr.gov.uk

Department for Transport (DfT)

http://www.dft.gov.uk

Home Office

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Department for Constitutional Affairs

http://www.dca.gov.uk

Office of Fair Trading (OFT)

http://www.oft.gov.uk/default.htm

direct.gov.uk - for organisational list of all Government bodies

http://www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en

Communications

Office of Communications (OFCOM)

http://www.ofcom.org.uk

Finance

Financial Services Authority

http://www.fsa.gov.uk

Securities and Futures' Authority
(Information relating to the SFA now appears as part of the FSA's website.)

http://www.fsa.gov.uk/Pages/accessibility/index.shtml

Takeover Panel

http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

Transport

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

http://www.caa.co.uk

Office of Rail Regulation

http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk

Utility

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM)

http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Pages/OfgemHome.aspx

Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas (OFREG)

http://ofreg.nics.gov.uk

Office of Water Services (OFWAT)

http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/

General

Office of Fair Trading (OFT)

http://www.oft.gov.uk/default.htm

European Union

Competition

http://europa.eu/comm/competition/index_en.html

EU Member States Competition Authorities

Austria: Wettbewerbsservice

http://www.bmwa.gv.at/EN/default.htm

Belgium: Ministere des Affaires Economiques

http://mineco.fgov.be/organization_market/competition/home_en.htm

Cyprus: Commission for the Protection of Competition of Cyprus

http://www.competition.gov.cy/competition/competition.nsf/index_en/index_en?opendocument

Czech Republic: Office for the Protection of Competition

http://www.compet.cz/en/

Estonia: Competition Board

http://www.konkurentsiamet.ee/?lang=en

France: Conseil de la Concurrence, de la Consommation

http://www.conseil-concurrence.fr/user/standard.php?id_rub=79

Germany: Bundeskartellamt

http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/wEnglisch/index.php

Germany: Monopolkommission

http://www.monopolkommission.de/mopoko_homepage_engl_about.html

Hungary: Hungarian Competition Office

http://www.gvh.hu/index.php?l=e&m=1&id=645

Ireland: Competition Authority

http://www.tca.ie/

Italy: Autorita garante della concorrenza e del Mercato

http://www.agcm.it/eng/index.htm

Latvia: Competition Bureau

http://www.competition.lv/?l=2

Lithuania: Competition Council

http://www.konkuren.lt/

Malta: Consumer and Competition Division, Ministry of Economics Services of Malta

http://www.gov.mt/index.asp?l=2

Netherlands: Mededingings Autoriteit

http://www.nmanet.nl/engels/home/Index.asp

Poland: Office for Competition and Consumer Protection of Poland

http://www.uokik.gov.pl/en/

Portugal: Direccion General de Politica Economica y Defensa de la Competencia

http://www.dgcc.pt

Slovakia: Antimonopoly Office

http://www.antimon.gov.sk/eng/

Slovenia: Competition Protection Office

http://www.uvk.gov.si/en/

Spain: Servicio de Defensa de la Competencia

http://www.dgdc.meh.es/

United States Competition Authorities

Federal Trade Commission

http://www.ftc.gov

United States Department of Justice

http://www.usdoj.gov

United States Department of Justice (Anti-Trust Division)

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/index.html

Commonwealth non EU Competition Authorities

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/142

Canada: The Competition Bureau

Canadian Competition Policy Project (University of British Columbia)

http://cb-bc.gc.ca/epic/internet/incb-bc.nsf/en/home

http://csgb.ubc.ca/ccpp/

New Zealand: Commerce Commission

Ministry of Commerce: Regulatory and Competition Policy Branch

http://www.comcom.govt.nz

http://www.med.govt.nz/about/rcpb.html

South Africa: South African Competition Commission

http://www.compcom.co.za/

For other overseas competition authorities see

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/other_sites/

Other non EU Competition Authorities

Argentina: Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia (Spanish)

http://www.mecon.gov.ar/cndc/home.htm

Brazil: Competition Tribunal

http://www.mj.gov.br/

Bulgaria: Commission for the protection of competition

http://www.cpc.bg/public/index.php

Chile: National Economic Prosecutor's Office (Spanish)

http://www.minecon.cl/

Columbia: Superintedencia de Industria y Comercio (Spanish)

http://www.sic.gov.co/

Costa Rica: Comision para la Promocion de la Competencia (Spanish)

http://www.meic.go.cr/esp2/promocion/index.html

Croatia: Agency for the Protection of Market Competition

http://www.aztn.hr/e_index.asp

Iceland: Competition and Fair Trade Authority

http://www.samkeppni.is/

Israel: Antitrust Authority

http://www.antitrust.gov.il/Antitrust/en-US

Japan: Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

http://www.jftc.go.jp/e-page/

http://www.meti.go.jp/english/index.html

Mexico: Federal Competition Commission (Spanish)

Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial (SECOFI) (Spanish)

http://www.cfc.gob.mx/

http://www.secofi-siem.gob.mx/portalsiem/

Norway: Norweigan Competition Authority

http://www.konkurransetilsynet.no/portal/page?_pageid=235,471065&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Peru: Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI) (Spanish)

http://www.indecopi.gob.pe/

South Korea: Korea Fair Trade Commission

http://www.ftc.go.kr/eng/index.html

Switzerland: The Competition Council

http://www.weko.admin.ch/news/index.html?lang=en

Taiwan: Fair Trade Commission

http://www.ftc.gov.tw/EnglishWeb/English.html

Turkey: Competition Authority

http://www.rekabet.gov.tr/ebaskanmesaj.html

Venezuela: Procompetencia

http://www.procompetencia.gov.ve/

Competition Appeal Tribunal

http://www.catribunal.org.uk

European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance

http://curia.eu.int/en/index.htm

Competition Pro Bono Scheme

Offers free independent legal advice to individuals or businesses who believe that their rights under competition law have been infringed or who are concerned that they may be infringing.

http://www.probonogroup.org.uk/competition/