Press releases - Competition
2022-01-11 / The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition Terminated the Proceedings with the undertaking NET4GAS Because of the Favourability of the Subsequent Legislation Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as ''the Office''), Petr Mlsna, cancelled the first instance decision on possible abuse of dominant position by the undertaking Net4Gas and terminated the administrative proceedings in the given case
2022-01-04 / The Undertaking GARLAND Harmed Consumers, and It Now Faces a Fine of Almost CZK 100 Million In its first instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as ''the Office'') imposed a fine of CZK 96,751,000 on GARLAND distributor, s.r.o. for vertical agreements on resale price maintenance. This is the highest fine ever imposed for this type of anticompetitive...
2021-12-06 / ST. MARTIN´S CONFERENCE 2021 The St. Martin's Conference on the latest events and trends in competition law and significant market power is a traditional annual peak of the Office's educational activities and is regularly attended by leading Czech competition experts and distinguished foreign guests. The fourteenth edition of the conference...
2021-12-02 / World Competition Day video The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition points out the benefits of competition in the video dedicated to the World Competition Day
2021-11-25 / Chairman Mlsna participated in DMA approval meeting of the COMPET Council Petr Mlsna, Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, participated on 25th November in the meeting of the Competitiveness Council of the European Union, which approved the proposed regulation of digital markets and services
2021-11-25 / The Chairman of the Office Held Talks with the Executive Vice-President of the European Commisssion Margrethe Vestager Petr Mlsna, the Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as ''the Office''), held talks this evening with Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, whose competence includes the area of competition, as part of a working visit in Brussels
2021-09-22 / The Office for the Protection of Competition commemorated 30 years of its existence at a celebratory conference The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as ''the Office'') celebrated 30 years of its existence today with a celebratory conference held at the Liechtenstein Palace in Prague. The Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Mr. Radek Vondráček, the Prime Minister, Mr. Andrej Babiš...
2021-09-20 / St. Martin´s Conference 2021 After a one-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office for the Protection of Competition organises again, as traditionally in November, the St. Martin´s Conference. The event aimed to the latest developments and current topics in competition policy has been regularly attended by reputable Czech and...
2021-09-01 / Annual Report of the Office for the Protection of Competition 2020 The Office for the Protection of Competition has published the Annual Report, summarising its notable activities in 2020 and outlining its agenda for 2021, the year in which the Office celebrates its 30th anniversary
2021-08-30 / Chairman of the Office confirmed decision on cartel of IT companies in the Olomouc Region The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition Petr Mlsna confirms in his second-instance decision that the companies AUTOCONT, TESCO SW, ICZ, MERIT GROUP, A-Scan, Asseco Central Europe and FPO committed anticompetitive illegal conduct in connection with the public contract entitled "Development...
