Directorate-General for Competition

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The Directorate-General for Competition is the European Commission department responsible for enforcing EU competition law, including antitrust, merger control, and state aid rules.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Directorate-General of the European Commission ⓘ
competition authority ⓘ
aimsTo ensure undistorted competition in the EU internal market ⓘ
protect consumer welfare in the European Union ⓘ
appliesJurisdiction European Union ⓘ
cooperatesWith European Competition Network ⓘ
national competition authorities of EU Member States ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
employer European civil servants ⓘ
enforces Articles 101 and 102 TFEU ⓘ
EU Merger Regulation ⓘ
EU State Aid rules ⓘ
fieldOfWork antitrust law ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
market liberalisation ⓘ
merger regulation ⓘ
state aid regulation ⓘ
governingBody European Commission ⓘ
hasAbbreviation DG COMP ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver EU internal market ⓘ
headquartersLocation Belgium ⓘ
Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
languageOfWork English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ
oversightSubject abuse of dominance ⓘ
anti-competitive mergers ⓘ
cartels ⓘ
liberalisation of network industries ⓘ
state aid to undertakings ⓘ
parentOrganization European Commission ⓘ
partOf European Commission ⓘ
reportsTo European Commissioner for Competition ⓘ
responsibleFor abuse of dominant position cases ⓘ
antitrust enforcement ⓘ
cartel enforcement ⓘ
competition policy development in the EU ⓘ
enforcement of EU competition law ⓘ
merger control ⓘ
state aid control ⓘ
sector public administration ⓘ
regulation ⓘ
shortName DG COMP ⓘ
DG Competition ⓘ
uses fines and remedies to enforce competition rules ⓘ
website https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu ⓘ

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European Commission → hasPart → Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
European Union competition policy → enforcedBy → Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
European Union state aid rules → enforcedBy → European Commission Directorate‑General for Competition ⓘ
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Legal Service (European Commission) → hasPart → Directorate B – Competition & State Aid ⓘ
subject linked to: Legal Service
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Legal Service (European Commission) → hasPart → Directorate X – Competition & State Aid ⓘ
subject linked to: Legal Service
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Federal Cartel Office → cooperatesWith → European Commission Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
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UK Competition and Markets Authority → cooperatesWith → European Commission Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
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DG Competition → fullName → Directorate‑General for Competition ⓘ
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DG Competition → hasUnit → Antitrust and Cartels directorates ⓘ
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DG COMP → fullName → Directorate‑General for Competition ⓘ
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DG COMP → abbreviationOf → Directorate‑General for Competition ⓘ
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Commissioner for Industrial Affairs → collaboratesWith → Commissioner for Competition ⓘ
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BKartA → cooperatesWith → European Commission Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
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European Competition Network → memberType → European Commission Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
subject linked to: ECN
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European Competition Network → cooperatesWith → European Commission Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
subject linked to: ECN
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GBER → enforcedBy → European Commission Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
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European Commission directorates-general → hasDG → Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
State Aid directorates → partOf → Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
Chief Economist Team → partOf → Directorate-General for Competition ⓘ
Chief Economist Team → reportsTo → Director-General for Competition ⓘ
linked to: Directorate-General for Competition