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Middle East and North Africa Competition Authorities

[Updated July 2008]

	Competition Authorities	Documents & Consumer Information on Telecom & ICT issues	Other institutions
Algeria	Conseil de la Concurrence - Ministère du Commerce	La régulation de la concurrence en Algérie EU Algeria Agreeement governing relations in the field of competition was signed in Valencia (Spain) in April 2002 and entered into force in September 2005 The Relationship Between Competition Authority and Sectoral Regulators: Contribution from Algeria 2005 (pdf)
Armenia	State Competition Commission
Bahrain	Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Finance
Egypt	Egyptian Competition Authority		Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS)
Israel	Israel Antitrust Authority
Jordan	Competition Directorate
Kuwait	Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Lebanon	Republic of Lebanon. Ministry of Economy and Trade	Competition Policy in Lebanon Competition Research Paper prepared at the request of the Ministry of Economy and Trade (doc)
Morocco	Conseil de la Concurrence Direction de Prix et de la Concurrence - Ministère des Affaires Générales du Gouvernement Ministère du Commerce, de l’Industrie et de l’Artisanat, Quartier des Ministères
Palestine	Palestine Investment Promotion Agency	Israel and PA Need to Open Palestinian Telecom Sector to Competition 2008 (World bank) Towards a vibrant ICT industry in Palestine: A Proposal for Implementing Reform in the Telecommunications Sector (ppt)
Qatar		The Impact of Liberalization and Competition on the Telecommunication Market in Qatar 2007 (ppt)
Saudi Arabia	Capital Market Authority Ministry of Commerce and Industry	Implementing Regulations of Copyright Law
Tunisia	Conseil de Concurrence - Ministère du Commerce et de l’Artisanat
United Arab Emirates	General Pension & Social Security Authority (GPSSA)
Yemen	Public Administration to Promote Competition and Prevent Monopoly and Commercial Fraud - Ministry of Industry and Trade

Other Resources:

Competition Law and Policy in the Middle East 2007 (pdf)

Competition Levels in Arab Cellular Markets & Privatization levels in Arab Cellular and Fixed Markets 2005 (by the Arab Advisors Group; pdf)