October 1, 2025
Japan Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (hereinafter, “JFTC”), on 30 September 2025, in Ottawa, Canada, signed a Memorandum on Cooperation (hereinafter, “MoC”) with the Competition and Markets Authority (hereinafter, “CMA”), which is the competition authority of the United Kingdom. The signers and outline of this MoC are as follows:
1. Signers
JFTC: Mr. Eiji Chatani, Chair, Chair
CMA: Mr. Chris Prevett, General Counsel
2. Outline
(1) Purpose
The purpose of this MoC is to promote cooperation, coordination, and the communication of information between the Participants in relation to their competition law enforcement activities.
(2) Notifications
Each participant will notify the other Participant of any enforcement activities that the notifying Participant considers may affect important interests of the other Participant.
(3) Coordination of Enforcement Activities
The participants may maintain close liaison, taking into account the effect on each other, and may cooperate in conducting enforcement activities.
(4) Communication of Information
The participants may, where permitted by their national laws, share and discuss views, and communicate information for the purposes of cooperation and coordination.
* This announcement is a tentative translation.
Please refer to the original text written in Japanese for more details.
