Inter-agency Cooperation

Cooperation Agreements

CCCS cooperation agreements with overseas competition and consumer protection counterparts enhance its enforcement capabilities and expertise, enable effective handling of cross-border competition and consumer protection cases and facilitate knowledge exchange with overseas counterparts.

(a) Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”)

CCCS entered into a cooperation agreement with the JFTC on 22 June 2017. This is CCCS’s first cooperation agreement with a foreign competition agency. This agreement contains provisions on notifications between CCS and JFTC on enforcement activities, coordination of enforcement activities, exchange of information and technical cooperation. A copy of the MoC can be found here.

(b) Indonesia's Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition ("KPPU")

A Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") to facilitate cooperation on competition enforcement was concluded between CCCS and KPPU on 30 August 2018. This is the first MoU on enforcement cooperation of competition law between CCCS and an ASEAN competition authority. A copy of the MoU can be found here.

(c) Competition Bureau Canada ("CBC")

A Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") to facilitate cooperation between CCCS and CBC in the enforcement of their respective national competition and consumer protection laws was inked on 17 September 2019. This is the first MoU between CCCS and an overseas enforcement agency that covers both competition and consumer protection laws. A copy of the MoU can be found here.

(d) Philippine Competition Commission ("PCC")

A Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") to facilitate cooperation on competition enforcement between CCCS and PCC was signed on 29 November 2021. A copy of the MoU can be found here.

(e) State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) of The People’s Republic of China

A Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) to promote understanding and cooperation between CCCS and the SAMR in the field of competition law was signed on 29 December 2021. A copy of the MOU in English and Chinese can be found here.