information about the administrative procedure or copies of decisions
Registry of the Competition Council
North Plaza A
8th floor
Boulevard du Roi Albert II / Koning Albert II laan 9
1210 Brussels
Tel.: + 32 2 277 52 72
Fax: + 32 2 277 53 23
E-mail: raco@economie.fgov.be
For all other issues please contact
Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy
Directorate General for Competition
North Gate III, 7th floor
Boulevard du Roi Albert II 16 / Koning Albert II-laan 16
1000 Brussels
Tel.: + 32 2 277 72 16
Fax: + 32 2 277 52 54
E-mail: dg.competition@economie.fgov.be
Belgian Competition Authority
The Belgian Competition Authority is responsible for promoting and safeguarding an active competition in Belgium.
- To this end it applies the act on the protection of economic competition consolidated on September 15, 2006 (APEC) as well as the community competition rules, such as articles 81 and 82 of the EC treaty and EC Regulation 1/2003.
- It is part of the European Competition Network (ECN).
- The Competition Authority examines and may impose sanctions on restrictive practices (trusts, agreements, abuse of a dominant position).
- It examines the admissibility of mergers which have possibly a noticeable effect on the market.
- On the other hand, the authority has no jurisdiction in respect of unfair trade.
Composition
The Belgian Competition Authority consists of two components:
- the Directorate-General for Competition (Competition Service),
- Council of Competition which consists of
- the tribunal (the Council stricto sensu; hereafter the Council),
- the College of Competition Prosecutors and,
- the Registry.
The Belgian Competition Act also established within the Central Council for the Economy (Centrale Raad voor het Bedrijfsleven / Conseil Central de l’Economie) the Commission for Competition, an advisory body in which the viewpoints of workers and consumers are represented. It has consultative power over the general competition policy.
The Commission for Competition is not a part of the Competition Authority.
Tasks
It is the duty of the Competition Authority:
- to safeguard and promote an effective competition on Belgian territory.
- to take part in the implementation of the European competition policy.
The Belgian Competition Authority works together with the other competition authorities and is part of the European Competition Network (ECN), the European Competition Authorities (ECA) and the International Competition Network (ICN).
More about the Belgian Competition Authority:
- The Directorate-General for Competition (Competition Service)
- The Competition Council
- Case law- Decisions of the Belgian Competition Council (only available in Dutch and French)
- Annual reports
- Press releases