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:
Country |
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
Community
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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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Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation en - pt
(2009) |
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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State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) |
Terms of Reference of the EU-China Competition Policy Dialogue (2004)
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation en cn  (2012)
Practical guidance for merger cooperation between DG COMP and Mofcom en cn (2015)
Memorandum of Understanding on a dialogue in the area of the State aid control regime and the Fair Competition Review System (NDRC), 2.06.2017
Memorandum of Understanding on a dialogue in the area of the State Aid Control and the Fair Competition Review,
April 2019
Terms of Reference of the EU-China Competition Policy Dialogue,
April 2019 |
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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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Ecuador |
Superintendencia de Control del
Poder de Mercado |
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Protocol
of Accession of Ecuador to the EU-Colombia/Peru Trade Agreement (2016) |
Egypt |
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El Salvador |
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Faroe Islands |
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Fiji |
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Gambia |
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Georgia |
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Greenland |
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Honduras |
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Iceland |
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Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation en
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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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Enchanced Partnership and
Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Kazakhstan (2016
Full text in OJ |
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 agreement between the EC and the Government of the Federal Republic of Korea (Council decision - 2009) |
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Kosovo
This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
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Kyrgyzstan |
Ministry of Economy - 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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Administrative Agreement on
Cooperation (2018) es -
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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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North Macedonia |
Commission for Protection of Competition |
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Stabilisation and Association Agreement
(Competition related extracts, full text in OJ)
(2004) |
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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Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Singapore (2019)
Full
text |
South Africa |
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Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation en |
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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 (2014)
The agreement enters into force on 1 December 2014. Agreement  . Press release
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Full text in OJ |
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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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United Kingdom |
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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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Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Vietnam (2019)
Full
text |
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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