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 |
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 |
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Benin |
Ministry of Trade and Industry, and Employment Promotion; Management of Competition and Internal Trade |
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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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Caribbean Community |
Community Competition Commission
CARICOM |
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Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) |
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Chile |
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Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom)
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) |
Terms of Reference of the EU-China Competition Policy Dialogue (2004)
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation en cn  (2012)
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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 |
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) |
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Gambia |
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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)
Cooperation agreeement between the EC and the Government of the Federal Republic of Korea (2009) |
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Kyrgyzstan |
National Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic for Anti-Monopoly Policy and the development of competition |
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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 |
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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 |
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Serbia |
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Seychelles |
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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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Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation concerning cooperation on the application of their competition laws (2013)
The agreement is not in force. It can only be concluded by the Council for the European Union once the European Parliament has given its consent. Press release
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
(Competition related extracts)
(1972)
Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport
(Competition related extracts, full text in OJ)
(2002, Annex 2012) |
Taiwan |
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Tajikistan |
State Agency on Anti-monopoly Policy and Support for Entrepreneurship of Tajikistan |
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Tanzania |
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Thailand |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
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Tunisia |
Competition Council |
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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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Uzbekistan |
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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 |
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