The European Commission has engaged actively in cooperation with competition authorities of many countries outside the EU. Cooperation with some of them is based on bilateral agreements dedicated entirely to competition (the so-called "dedicated agreements"). In other cases, competition provisions are included as part of wider general agreements such as free Trade Agreements, Partnership and Cooperation Agreements, Association Agreements, etc.
This page provides an overview of the third countries with which the Commission engages in cooperation in the area of competition policy. For each country, the table provides links to:
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Competition Agency |
Dedicated agreements |
General agreements containing competition provisions |
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ACP Countries (African, Caribbean, Pacific) |
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Albania
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Algeria
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Andean
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Argentina |
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Armenia |
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Australia |
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Azerbaijan |
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Barbados |
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Belarus |
The Antimonopoly Committee of the Republic of Belarus |
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Benin |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Annex to the Framework Agreement for cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil - Exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil on maritime transport
( Competition related extracts, full text in OJ)
(1995) |
Burkina Faso |
National Commission of Competition and Consumption |
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Cameroon |
National Competition Commission |
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Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of Canada regarding the application of their competition laws (OJ) (1999) |
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Carribean Community |
Community Competition Commission
CARICOM |
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Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) |
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Chile |
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Chinese Taipei |
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Colombia |
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) |
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Costa Rica |
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Croatia |
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Egypt |
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El Salvador |
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Faroe Islands |
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Fiji |
Commerce Commission |
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) |
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Gambia |
Gambia Competition Commission |
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Georgia |
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Greenland |
Greenland Competition Authority |
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Honduras |
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Iceland |
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India |
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Indonesia |
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Israel |
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Jamaica |
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Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities (2003) |
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Jersey |
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Jordan |
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Kazakhstan |
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Kenya |
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Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Korea concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities ( full text in OJ)
(2009)
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Fair Trade Commission of the Republic of Korea and the Competition Directorate-General of the European Commission
(2004) |
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Kyrgyzstan |
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Laos |
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Lebanon |
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Liechtenstein |
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Malawi |
Competition and Fair Trading Commission |
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Mali |
National Directorate for Commerce and Competition (DNCC) |
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Mauritius |
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Mexico |
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Moldova |
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Mongolia |
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Montenegro |
Department of Internal Trade and Competition, Ministry of Economy |
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Morocco |
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Namibia |
Competition Commission |
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New Zealand |
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Nicaragua |
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Norway |
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Pakistan |
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Panama |
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Papua New Guinea |
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Peru |
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Philippines |
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Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation en ru |
Agreement on partnership and cooperation establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States and the Russian Federation ( Competition related extracts) (1997) |
Serbia |
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Singapore |
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South Africa |
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Sri Lanka |
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Switzerland |
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Taiwan |
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Tajikistan |
Department of Antimonopoly Policy, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade |
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Tanzania |
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Thailand |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
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Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Tunisia ( Competition related extracts) (1998) |
Tunisia |
Competition Council |
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Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Tunisia ( Full text in OJ) (1998) |
Turkey |
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Ukraine |
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Best Practices on Cooperation in merger investigations
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Commission of the European Communities regarding the application of their competition laws (OJ)
(1995)
Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of the United States of America on the application of positive comity principles in the enforcement of their competition laws (OJ)
(1998) |
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Uruguay |
Commission for Promotion and Defence of Competition |
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Venezuela |
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Vietnam |
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West Bank and the Gaza Strip |
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Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip ( Competition related extracts, full text in OJ) (1997) |
Zambia |
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Zimbabwe |
Anti-Corrupt & Anti-Monopolies Programme |
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