Commission for Protection of Competition

What Commission for Protection of Competition does

The Commission for Protection of Competition is the national competition authority of the Republic of North Macedonia, headquartered in Skopje at Sv. Kiril i Metodij No. 54, 6th floor. It is a statutory regulatory body, not a commercial enterprise, established to enforce the country's Law on Protection of Competition. Its core functions include ex ante merger and concentration control, ex post antitrust enforcement against restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance, state aid control and monitoring, and adjudication of unfair trade practices. The institution reviews notifications of concentrations, investigates cartel and abuse-of-dominance cases, issues opinions on draft legislation that may affect competition, and imposes administrative fines and remedial measures on economic operators that violate competition rules.

The Commission operates through a collegial decision-making structure composed of a President and four members, supported by an administrative staff organized into units handling concentrations, antitrust, state aid, unfair trade practices, international cooperation, legal affairs, and general administration. Its core operational asset is an internal administrative and case management system used to register parties, file submissions, track proceedings, and publish decisions on its public registry. The Commission's mandate also extends to cooperation with sectoral regulators, foreign competition authorities (particularly within the EU/EEA framework tied to North Macedonia's accession path), and academic/civil society partners such as the recent MOU signed with Finance Think for research and policy engagement.

The institution is funded through the State Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia, supplemented by administrative fees and fines collected in regulatory proceedings. It does not operate on a commercial revenue model; its "customers" in the regulatory sense are economic operators, state aid grantors, complainants, and citizens affected by anti-competitive conduct or unfair trade practices within the Macedonian market.

Name

Commission for Protection of Competition

Legal name

Комисија за заштита на конкуренцијата

Website

https://kzk.gov.mk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Commission for Protection of Competition is North Macedonia's national competition authority, headquartered in Skopje. It enforces competition law, reviews mergers and concentrations, controls state aid, and adjudicates unfair trade practices for economic operators, state institutions, and citizens operating in the Macedonian market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Competition Law Enforcement

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

akta.pro primary industry

Competition/Antitrust & Market Conduct Regulators (BPAIAOAD)

Keywords

• Competition law enforcement
• Merger control
• State aid monitoring
• Antitrust regulation
• Unfair trade practices

Headquarters

HQ city

Skopje

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Funding: The Commission operates as a government institution funded through the state budget of the Republic of North Macedonia. Administrative fees are collected for various proceedings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Commission for Protection of Competition is the statutory competition authority of the Republic of North Macedonia. It enforces competition law by processing concentration/merger notifications, issuing clearance decisions, monitoring state aid, investigating anti-competitive behavior, and adjudicating unfair trading practices cases in the agricultural and food supply chain. It operates under the Law on Protection of Competition and related legislation, publishing legally binding decisions, guidance, and annual reports.

Product overview

Commission for Protection of Competition (Комисија за заштита на конкуренцијата) is a government regulatory body, not a technology product company. Its services are regulatory/administrative in nature and include: competition protection enforcement, state aid control, unfair trade practices regulation, administrative decision-making on concentrations/mergers, court decision tracking, public notices publishing, annual reports, professional articles, and public procurement information. The organization does not offer commercial technology products or software services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Merger and Concentration Clearance
• State Aid Control Decisions
• Unfair Trading Practices Enforcement
• Competition Protection Enforcement Investigations and administrative proceedings concerning anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position, and other restrictive practices prohibited under the Law on Protection of Competition. For businesses under investigation and complainants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Processing of concentration notifications and merger clearances
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Finance ThinkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Commission for Protection of Competition and Finance Think, an economic research and policy institute. This partnership aims to strengthen cooperation in areas of competition policy research and analysis.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Croatian Competition Agency (AZTN): Croatia's national competition and market authority enforces competition law and oversees state aid, with similar statutory functions to North Macedonia's Commission. As an EU member-state authority, it offers a useful 'post-accession' comparison point for what the North Macedonian Commission could evolve into.
• Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition: Bulgaria's national competition authority is functionally identical in mandate (merger control, antitrust, state aid, unfair trading). As a neighboring EU member-state regulator with shared post-socialist institutional heritage, it is a strong regional comparison.
• European Commission DG COMP: The EU-level Directorate-General for Competition enforces EU competition rules (antitrust, mergers, state aid) across member states and accession countries. Directly comparable to the Commission for Protection of Competition in function, and is increasingly the substantive counterpart for cross-border M&A matters involving North Macedonia.
• Commission for Protection of Competition of Serbia: Serbia's national competition authority shares the same legal lineage and naming convention as North Macedonia's Commission. It handles merger control, antitrust, and state aid in the Serbian market, and is the most structurally and operationally analogous peer in the Western Balkans.
• Albanian Competition Authority: Albania's national competition authority is a direct regional peer, operating under similar legal traditions and at a comparable scale. It also shares linguistic ties with the North Macedonian Commission's Albanian-language materials.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeskartellamt (Germany): Germany's federal competition authority is one of Europe's most established and powerful competition regulators. Comparable in core function (merger control, antitrust enforcement) but operating with substantially more resources, staff, and case volume than North Macedonia's Commission.
• U.S. Federal Trade Commission: The FTC shares competition enforcement and consumer protection functions analogous to the Commission's mandate. While vastly larger in scope and resources, it offers a reference model for how competition authorities operate in mature federal systems.
• Competition and Markets Authority (UK): The UK's primary competition and consumer protection authority is a much larger, more established regulator covering antitrust, mergers, markets, and consumer enforcement. Useful as a benchmark for institutional scale and capability, though its jurisdiction and resources are far broader.

Others

• International Competition Network (ICN): The ICN is the leading international network of competition authorities, providing a platform for cooperation, best-practice sharing, and advocacy. The Commission is a network participant, making this an enabling ecosystem peer.
• OECD Competition Division: The OECD's Competition Division is not a regulator but a key international forum shaping competition policy, peer review, and best-practice standards. The Commission interacts with this body as a policy partner, making it an ecosystem peer rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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