INTERNATIONAL AND/OR BILATERAL COOPERATION ARRANGEMENTS


Several free trade agreements that Chile has signed include a chapter on competition policy promoting cooperation between competition agencies. Besides, the FNE has sought international cooperation by signing memoranda of understanding or cooperation agreements with foreign competition agencies. In this context, the FNE has signed agreements with Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil and El Salvador, and is considering initiating negotiations for the adoption of new agreements with several other countries. All of these agreements include provisions about technical assistance, and most of them also have provisions about cooperation and information exchanges for enforcement.

Cooperation Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding signed by the FNE

Chile-Brazil
Cooperation Agreement between the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor's Office and the Council for Economic Defence, the Secretariat of Economic Law of the Ministry of Justice, and the Secretariat for Economic Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil Regarding the Application of their Competition Laws

Available linking here (English, Spanish and Portuguese versions).

Chile-El Salvador
Agreement on Technical Assistance between the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor's Office and the Competition Superintendence of the Republic of El Salvador
Available here (only Spanish version available)

Chile-Mexico
Agreement between the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor's Office and the Federal Competition Commission of the United Mexican States Regarding the Application of their Competition Laws.

Available here (only Spanish version available).

Chile-Costa Rica
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce of the Republic of Costa Rica and the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor's Office on Protection of Competition
Available here (only Spanish version available).

Chile-Canada
Memorandum of Understanding between the Commissioner of Competition (Canada) and the Fiscal Nacional Economico (Chile) Regarding the Application of their Competition Laws
Available here (English and Spanish versions available).

Competition Chapters in Trade Agreements signed by Chile

Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement
Chapter 14- Competition Policy
Available at:http://www.sice.oas.org/TPD/CHL_AUS/FTA_Text_e/CHL_AUS_FTA_e.pdf

Japan-Chile Economic Partnership Agreement
Chapter 14- Competition
Available at: http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/latin/chile/joint0703/agreement.pdf

Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement
Chapter J- Competition Policies, Monopolies and State Enterprises
Available at: http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/chican_e/Text2_e.asp#Chapter_J

Chile-EFTA Free Trade Agreement
Chapter VI- Competition Policy
Available at: http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/Chi-EFTA_e/Text_e.asp#CHAPTER VI

Chile-European Community Association Agreement
Part VI - Title VII- Competition
Available at: http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/chieu_e/chieu1_e.asp#Title7p4

Chile - Korea Free Trade Agreement
Chapter 14- Competition
Available at: http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/Chi-SKorea_e/Text2_e.asp#CHAPTER 14

Trans-Pacific SEP Agreement among Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam
Chapter 9- Competition Policy
Available at: http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/CHL_Asia_e/mainAgreemt_e.pdf

Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
Chapter 16- Competition Policy, Designated Monopolies, and State Enterprises
Available at: http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/chiusa_e/Text3_e.asp#Chapter Sixteen

Chile �� Peru Free Trade Agreement
Chapter 8- Competition Policy
Available here (only Spanish version available).

Chile-Central America Free Trade Agreement
Parte V, Chapter 15- Competition Policy
Available here (only Spanish version available).

Chile-Mexico Free Trade Agreement
Chapter 14- Competition Policy, Designated Monopolies, and State Enterprises
Available here (only Spanish version available)

Chile-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement
Title VI- Competition and Consumer Protection
Available here (only Spanish version available).