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| Bundeskartellamt — BKartA — | |
| Federal agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 January 1958 (1958-01-01) |
| Headquarters | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Motto | open markets | fair competition[1] |
| Employees | 402[2] |
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| Parent department | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy |
| Website | bundeskartellamt.de/EN |

TheFederal Cartel Office (German:Bundeskartellamt,German pronunciation:[bʊndəskaʁˈtɛlˌʔamt]ⓘ;BKartA) isGermany's nationalcompetition regulatory agency. First established in 1958,[3] BKartA comes under the authority of theFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.[4] The agency is headquartered inBonn, the former capital ofWest Germany. Since 2009, Andreas Mundt has served as the president of BKartA.[5]
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